vibration

[cdt785]

Hi. I have a 1997 17' bowrider with a 3.0 mercruiser engine and an alpha one outdrive. I noticed yesterday that while just cruising around..under 10 mph...it felt like the boat had a bad vibration starting.any ideals? could it be the universals going bad? thanks in advance

 

[Bondo]

Re: vibration

Hi. I have a 1997 17' bowrider with a 3.0 mercruiser engine and an alpha one outdrive. I noticed yesterday that while just cruising around..under 10 mph...it felt like the boat had a bad vibration starting.any ideals? could it be the universals going bad? thanks in advance

Ayuh,.... Could be I suppose,....

Is the motor skippin',..??
Is the prop beat up,..??

U-joints usually protest the most at full lock turns, or trimmed too high...