markymarc350
Contributing Member
Wile I was cleaning the bilge I herd water dripping,to my surprise it turned out to be the stuffing box,seems that the large nut was never connected to the shaft.sprayed it with some w d 40 and got it to finally move but it must be alittle off cuz the threds wont start!Looks to me that the motor mounts are so dam rusty the engin must have saged,mounts are so bad i wouldent be able to adjust them ,how the hell could silverton use this type of mounting system,I also cleaned the threds as best I could with a wire brush,still no luck.I just bought the boat last year and probably put atleast 100hrs on it the way it is.keep in minde,the boat had new shafts put in about 3 years ago so there in pretty good shape,and they arrent the old plastic nuts,there all metal.Boat is a 79 silverton w/vee drives.Can I loose the shaft all together and possibly sink!!
Thanks guys for reading such a long post,think I screwed I gunman just live with it ,make sure we have enough life jackets!!!l. Lol
Thanks guys for reading such a long post,think I screwed I gunman just live with it ,make sure we have enough life jackets!!!l. Lol