strut angle....ASAP!!!!

[csuggs]

Sorry you're having to do that - good luck with it and let us know how it goes!

[Okie Boarder]

Mine had some shims on it from the factory, just so you know.

[csuggs]

I was under my boat the other day and it looks as if it could be shimmed - but can't tell for sure because of all the 5200 gooped up around it. I'm sure Jim Jackson could tell you if it was common practice to shim the strut. I'll bet it was because I've found that there are hardly two boats (from the era) out there that are alike.

[sybrmike]

Sucks to hear Maple. If only everything on these old boats could be simply R&R.

Yeah, be prepared to do whatever it takes to make things line up (the factory sure did). My strut was definitely bent from PO mishap to where the shaft was contacting the hull near the shaft log exit, so I paid to have it straightened. After reinstalling using the original bolt holes (and forgetting to check the shaft alignment in the shaft log until after the 5200 had set ) - I had to use a six foot section of 1" bar stock to "unstraighten" the strut so the shaft would center in the log.

Good luck & hope you're back on the water soon.

[mapleleaf]

Re seated it yesterday with 4200....Thought my dry fit was good...WRONG! Tonight I go at it with 5200 and have to add a couple more shims. I just don't like it cuz there weren't shims there before...I dewinterized her after work for inspiration....

[DAFF]

Have you thought of dropping or raising the front engine mounts to help get the strut aligned correctly???? This way you can fine tune the strut alignment without shims ??

[rludtke]

Do I wish I'd bought DIM's strut for $198, yes,

Well, you might have had to shim it too. There are a lot of variables in play, and I suspect every boats set up is unique. Give her the shims she demands, lock it down, goop her up, and move on...

[mapleleaf]

Well, you might have had to shim it too. There are a lot of variables in play, and I suspect every boats set up is unique. Give her the shims she demands, lock it down, goop her up, and move on...

Absolutely!