While the boat (34 BL with twin mercruisers and velvet trannys) is out for bottom painting, I tried turning the props by hand while tranny in neutral. Port side was stiff but turned relatively easily, starboard side turned but took more muscle power.
The mechanic unbolted the starboard coupler and checked alignment and found it out and moved the engine to correct alignment. With everything back together the prop still turned very hard but when we squirted the shaft near the cutless bearing with water it started turning more easily.
My question to other captains. Does the cutless brg dry out when on the hard and cause the prop to turn hard until sprayed with water or is this abnormal.
Also, for others who have tried, With the tranny in neutral how much force does it take to turn your props while on the hard?
If all it takes is to spray water on the shaft near the cutlass brg then I assume when its in the water it will turn ok. On the other hand maybe I have a cutlass brg problem.
The mechanic said he did check the shaft for runout and it was ok.
Any comments?
Thanks, Russ
The mechanic unbolted the starboard coupler and checked alignment and found it out and moved the engine to correct alignment. With everything back together the prop still turned very hard but when we squirted the shaft near the cutless bearing with water it started turning more easily.
My question to other captains. Does the cutless brg dry out when on the hard and cause the prop to turn hard until sprayed with water or is this abnormal.
Also, for others who have tried, With the tranny in neutral how much force does it take to turn your props while on the hard?
If all it takes is to spray water on the shaft near the cutlass brg then I assume when its in the water it will turn ok. On the other hand maybe I have a cutlass brg problem.
The mechanic said he did check the shaft for runout and it was ok.
Any comments?
Thanks, Russ
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