Vibration when comming off plane
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Last year I noticed a slight vibration in the drive when I was slowing down while dropping off plane. The upper and lower were just redone. I'm not sure if the problem existed before the rebuild or not. I know if you drop the stick back a little quicker you didn't feel it. Kinda weard. If you let the boat fall off slow you would feel it as it fell through to a plow.
Didn't feel it anywhere else. I ran the boat for a couple of days and it seemed fine. I pulled my engine after that for a rebuild in the fall last year. I even kind of forgot about it because I normally slow down off plane fast enought not to feel it anyway. I wondered about rotating the prop on the shaft to see if it made any difference. I have a new motor going in soon and I was reviewing all the things I want to check out.
Any thoughts??
Didn't feel it anywhere else. I ran the boat for a couple of days and it seemed fine. I pulled my engine after that for a rebuild in the fall last year. I even kind of forgot about it because I normally slow down off plane fast enought not to feel it anyway. I wondered about rotating the prop on the shaft to see if it made any difference. I have a new motor going in soon and I was reviewing all the things I want to check out.
Any thoughts??
#6
My Fountain does that a little bit as well. I take my time slowing down and when a boat is in that transition, there's a lot of turbulence back there and the prop is beginning to submerge as well. My prop will bite hard around 20 and the RPM's will drop by 500 or so. A lot of stress on things at this time. This is why I always plane at 1/2 throttle until the prop breaks free. Probably nothing to worry about. Never a bad idea to have the prop checked out as well.
#10
That was my first guess, the prop biting and leting go.. Call a prop shop and talk to them.. they probably can explain what is going on. I would think Julie at Throttle up can fill you in..



