How much independent trim travel does that arrangement give your drives before a heim joint wants to bind on the washers? Only reason I ask is the V-hull set-ups on the Konrad site have the tie-bars perched on top of the mounting plate... your set-up looks cleaner, just asking about the possibility of binding/ breaking if one drive had to be fully trimmed out (ie. trailer mode) - or the like and the other was trimmed down....

Yea just a mock up run. It has a lot of movement is was set up like this before good looking out though!!! Just excited to see parts going back on

And see Dan I can take boat related pictures with out my Wify mechanic 👩‍🔧 😂

I personally would get rid of the Heim joints and switch to Clevis style joints.

I agree. It'll be fine probably through the trim range. But if one was ever trailered up and the other not, I'd guess they'd bind.
Tie bars are Clevis style (double jointed) just for that reason.

I’ll look into those know is prolly the time to change it. What’s the best way to get the drives straight to set the new bar ?

Here was a recent "drive toe 101" thread.
Outdrives parallel and chine walk - Offshoreonly.com

Thanks !

Been working on finishing up a few small projects. Also been spending weekends at the lake with the fam. Making some progress on the cig been slow tho lol

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I know I'd be at the lake with the family on the weekends. LOL the boat can wait until winter!!!

We’re working on it slowly!! Small things getting done !! Im making that damn cig run next year !

sounds like a plan - or maybe an early spring trip to Destin.

I do a lot of south Florida boating !! Just with the jet boat !

So…. Been working a lot on the boat on the weekdays. Spent a ton of time dry fitting all the tabs/ transom assembly’s/ fittings and anything that goes on transom. Wanted to make sure everything for well. Also got the tabs all blasted and powder coated and all the pins cleaned and ready to go back together. Took all the fittings out of steering and cleaned and ordered some new ones. Trim pumps mounted and I have made patterns for all new lines. Been a slow process but it is coming together well!

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Keep it up...but...what happened to the Avatar??

Finally see someone more OCD than me......one of those studs is out of place........:D

Lol not sure I just saw it was gone lol I think the paid member expired lol

lol yea was just trying to lay everything out and get it mocked up. Really hoping engines next week

Maybe one day I’ll pay for them membership again lol

looks great. Cool to see some progress on this. I really need to get back to work on mine.

Thanks ! It’s getting there honestly I’m still working towards some water testing late fall. I’ll keep the interior out and just have basics. Then over winter I can install interior and all the stereo and all the cool stuff 😝

Gettin there!!! You gotta be chomping at the bit. That things gonna look *****in behind the little sawed off truck!

Man you ain’t kidding !!! Can’t wait to get out and do some exploring and spend some time on this old girl !!been a long road. Thank god we had the Yamaha boat to hold us over !! Been a lot of weekdays in the garage lately and a lot of chasing down parts the Wify mechanic has been doing that part and helping out as well. She wants it done as much as I do !

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I love fresh powder coated stuff or new stuff. Looks so nice and clean. I really loved looking at the transom of our cafe after we had every piece of metal replaced or redone on it. Clean just black and chrome / polished.

For sure me to !!! I just been getting frustrated with the next week next week next week on the small things I need on the interior just new side panels because if the new dashes. And new windscreen panel. And not to mention trying to talk to a real person when trying to order fittings and parts it just gets draining lol I think I’m going to have to make new side panels myself I’m losing faith fast

maybe shop change?

We’ll there’s not to many around here unfortunately

I've got one I can refer you to in Louisville,ky. A few hours from you, but the work he does is better than any I've ever laid eyes on.

Awesome send me contact! I don’t mind traveling!!

I'll message you all of his info later today. At work now on my 4 midnights and no phones allowed inside the plant.

Thank for the info !
ok so doing final install on transom stuff this week I got new seals for transom assembles. Was thinking maybe a little sealer on the foam seal that touches the transom ? Or just grease thoughts ?

if it’s anything like merc, they go on dry. bellows adhesive to keep the ring in place.

we always put a bead of silcone on them because transoms are not that flat.

While I have not replaced many transom assembly's the 4 I've done where dry and never a leak

Don't think much of silly cone under water, never last

Thanks ! Yea I agree about transoms. I’m not a big fan of silcone on anything under water myself. I did get new seals so In theory they should seal any imperfections in the transom. I was thinking maybe some bellow adhesive? Spent the entire day chasing down some fittings and small odds and ends on the engines.

If your transom isn’t flat…you likely have bigger issues.

Spent some time going over engines for final assembly before install ironed out some wiring and oil hoses ect