Ok I took drive toe measurements..Help me decipher what to do
07-20-2010 | 09:29 PM
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Ok I took drive toe measurements..Help me decipher what to do
Here are the measurements I took. Let me know if these are the right points to measure from or not. It seems to me they are WAY out of alignment if I measured from the right points.
Red line - center prop nut to center prop nut right at 36in
Yellow line - water pickup to water pickup roughly 34.75
Green Line - Grease fitting to grease fitting right at 34.5
I am going to use a level and straight yard stick to get more exact measurement once I am sure that I am taking the right measurements. I would assume this means that my drives are roughly toed ??out?? 1.25in. My drives are rotating out but I think I want to start out by getting them dead even. Does this mean I just turn in each side little by little until I get it there? Exactly what kinds of problems or things can this cause?
Red line - center prop nut to center prop nut right at 36in
Yellow line - water pickup to water pickup roughly 34.75
Green Line - Grease fitting to grease fitting right at 34.5
I am going to use a level and straight yard stick to get more exact measurement once I am sure that I am taking the right measurements. I would assume this means that my drives are roughly toed ??out?? 1.25in. My drives are rotating out but I think I want to start out by getting them dead even. Does this mean I just turn in each side little by little until I get it there? Exactly what kinds of problems or things can this cause?
07-20-2010 | 09:47 PM
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I dunno never even thought about checking this until I read some post on here. This is my first twin engine boat so I never knew about alignment etc. What kind of effects does this have? Lost of speed? stability? etc? How do I go about fixing this and making sure I am measuring from the right points?
07-20-2010 | 09:56 PM
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Just run your tie bar in about an inch and you are good. you may have to open up your inner tie bar if you have one. 1/4" toe in is good.
07-20-2010 | 10:38 PM
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Then you're good, just adjust the tie bar so you end up with 1/4 - 1/2" toe in.
07-20-2010 | 10:58 PM
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Be surprised if you didn't have an inner tie bar w/o hyd steering. That would put all steering forces one the 1 drive tiller arm/gimble ring.
Go by the red and yellow line to set your toe.
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07-21-2010 | 12:20 AM
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OK,,,,i have a question on this for all gurus....
how can it be on his boat to have a 34.5 centerline and the front and back of the drives are wider ?????
Dont make any sense to me ...if the propshaft center would be 36 , the water pick up side ( front should be less then 34 !!! NO ??????
Something is not right !!
how can it be on his boat to have a 34.5 centerline and the front and back of the drives are wider ?????
Dont make any sense to me ...if the propshaft center would be 36 , the water pick up side ( front should be less then 34 !!! NO ??????
Something is not right !!
07-21-2010 | 07:16 AM
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Where is the inner tie bar located? I was assuming it was connected to the outside of the drives but I'm curious now. There is definitely only one tie bar on the exterior between the 2 drives
