nextboat1
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2013
- Messages
- 82
Hello all,
Ill start with a little history on the boat. Its a 1998 Rinker Captiva 232 with a Mercruiser 5.7 mated to an Alpha Gen II drive. I purchased a new engine for the boat this winter and had it installed by a local marina about a month ago. They were hired to drop engine in, replace the coupler, gimbal bearing, and align the engine. I then took the boat home and finshed the restof the install. When it came time for me to install the outdrive I could not get it to slide on. I got it almost to the mounting studs where I could just barely get a nut started. I checked the alignment with my tool and sure enough it was off. I could only get it to slide in about half way, and the marks were heavy on the top. I then took it back to the marina. They said that they double checked the alignment and all was fine. They said that I need to have the alignment tool that was made to slide into the newer style couplers that have the "snout" and that I must have the other style tool. So, I took the boat home and finshed up the rest of the install. Upon first start up I noticed a very bad vibration at idle. It seems to go away as the rpms increase, but shakes the entire boat at low rpm. I called the marina again suspecting alignment/coupler and they told me to pull plug wires to be sure that is not a dead cylinder. The engine starts easily and seems to run and sound great minus the vibration. Am. I wrong to suspect the coupler or alignment? The engine, coupler, flywheel, fuel pump, spark plugs, cap, roter, ing. sensor, coil, gimbal bearing, exhaust mani's/risers and rear motor mounts are all brand new. The carb was also rebuilt. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Ill start with a little history on the boat. Its a 1998 Rinker Captiva 232 with a Mercruiser 5.7 mated to an Alpha Gen II drive. I purchased a new engine for the boat this winter and had it installed by a local marina about a month ago. They were hired to drop engine in, replace the coupler, gimbal bearing, and align the engine. I then took the boat home and finshed the restof the install. When it came time for me to install the outdrive I could not get it to slide on. I got it almost to the mounting studs where I could just barely get a nut started. I checked the alignment with my tool and sure enough it was off. I could only get it to slide in about half way, and the marks were heavy on the top. I then took it back to the marina. They said that they double checked the alignment and all was fine. They said that I need to have the alignment tool that was made to slide into the newer style couplers that have the "snout" and that I must have the other style tool. So, I took the boat home and finshed up the rest of the install. Upon first start up I noticed a very bad vibration at idle. It seems to go away as the rpms increase, but shakes the entire boat at low rpm. I called the marina again suspecting alignment/coupler and they told me to pull plug wires to be sure that is not a dead cylinder. The engine starts easily and seems to run and sound great minus the vibration. Am. I wrong to suspect the coupler or alignment? The engine, coupler, flywheel, fuel pump, spark plugs, cap, roter, ing. sensor, coil, gimbal bearing, exhaust mani's/risers and rear motor mounts are all brand new. The carb was also rebuilt. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
