Engine Alignment
09-04-2007, 02:01 PM
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Yes, It seems it is more common a problem on the port side. The torque of the motor seems to lift the weight off the mount and makes it easier for the nut to move. The tab locks the lower nut and the lock washer and/or polyloc nut locks the top. You need both locked.
Jim
Jim
09-04-2007, 09:26 PM
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09-05-2007, 07:14 AM
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Yes, It seems it is more common a problem on the port side. The torque of the motor seems to lift the weight off the mount and makes it easier for the nut to move. The tab locks the lower nut and the lock washer and/or polyloc nut locks the top. You need both locked.
Jim
Jim
09-05-2007, 10:41 AM
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Any things possible, I've seen many that fell until the alt. hit the stringers. Anyway the tabs lock to the mount on engine and around the nut, holding the nut to the mount from engine. Its a tab washer and just bend in place. If you replace the mount get a new tab washer. One of the tabs is intended to go up and hold the engine side of mount and the remaining tabs offer different positions to lock to nut. It is not easy to see when its in place but the up tab is different from the others.
Jim
Jim
09-05-2007, 07:37 PM
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During Alignment ...The Brackets bolted to the stringers are sloted to allow movement of the front mounts ..Is that not a major factor in alignment ? I am thinking with rear bolts in place and torqued that the front mounts will have a natural position between the stringers ? So all the adjustment is up or down ?
09-05-2007, 09:18 PM
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Don't mean to hijack thread but I have a question about the motor mount. I have a motor that I noticed is sitting lower on one side. I looked at the mount and the nut on the top of the stud is at the top like the other side but the nut on the underside has lowered all the way to the bottom making the engine drop down. There is some sort of little plates sticking out like a lock washer. Do you just try to tighten the nut up to bring the motor back up or do you have to pull engine up with hoist to relieve pressure?
That was about 70 hours and 2 years ago and it's still good to go.
I about flipped as I idled out with the hatch open for the first run after getting there and saw the motor bouncing all over.
Needless to say, it went right back to the dock and I rode with someone else. 
