My 1999 is for sale but everything is fixed and perfect. She is $18,200 and soon , if not now, will be on Boat trader and Craigs list Seattle....
Might be just me ? I have a 1999.
You could also leave the thrust bearing alone and take the shaft out of it. HOWEVER, you might want to just leave the shaft in the thrust bearing...
Well done !!
I agree...Duffy gave you some names and places to start ! Good Luck.
It was the prop ! I rounded the edges where before I had filed them more to a point. Put her back in and 90% of the noise , that sound just like...
Thanks Capt. J , good point! At the moment, for several different reasons, I'm thinking prop however. I need to 1 ) Confirm it DOES NOT do...
May be " prop sing " as a while back I filed the plastic prop thinking a sharper edge was better? Sure would explain why I get the noise in the...
Correction !! Today I " burbed " the shaft seal while running to confirm that was the squael, I took the shaft seal out of the equation...
I am so embarrassed ! It's not the belts but rather the dripless shaft seal I installed.I forgot about the water trick so today I let it squael...
At long last the clouds have parted, the sun is shinng and all is well on the Duffy !! What a diferance 2 new pulleys and a new belt make. One...
Good luck ! I just went thru the same thing with a 1999. I was amazed at the wierd sounds a worn and glazed belt made. I one point I swore I had a...
You know that you should not run it dry very much at all.....yes ? You can burn up the packing gland material .
How do you know the batteries are bad ? Get a hydrometer and check every cell of every battery, be sure they are filled corrected with distilled...
Lets see a photo of your motor bay !
Gentlemen,the bearing mystery is solved and I don't have to tear mine apart ! Norseman gets 130.4. The factory ran a boat for an hour for me and...
Thanks for the thought Capt. J. I want to see what the factory comes up with before a take her apart agian. My problem in doing that is the set...
The bearing only costs about $100.00 and I most likely , with what I'm learning, I'll just run her. My concern has been that in taking this whole...
I started out at 60 F and after 1 hour of 80% throttle I topped out at 140.9F. The bearing is 12 hours old ( new ) and I've confirmed they come...
That a boy....take her out ! Shoot the bearing next time, I can't wait to see what you have ?
