Water needs to go in at the lowest point and exit at the highest, these points should be as far away from each other as possible. This will keep...
I have access to a full machine shop and the standards for SAE and Morse prop shaft tapers/keyways/threads are available on the net. I spoke...
These blokes http://www.kmrolco.com/Kincaid_Marine_Rolco.html are the manufactures/suppliers of all the bits you will need running gear wise to...
Just had to do a search and find out what an "interceptor" on a jet was, found a good picture which explained it for me!...
Tunnels, I'm keeping the edges as square/sharp as possible but have to make it safe as there is a swim deck mounted above the tabs and the boat is...
Thanks for your explaination Don. I will leave them flat underneath and have a look how they go. I have slowly been working on correcting...
New tabs are the same depth but nearly twice as wide, with no folds on the edges like the old ones (they are plenty strong enough) the pitot spedo...
I have nearly completed fabrication of a new set of trim plates for my ski boat and have been contemplating the addition of a cup on the trailing...
I have finally installed the new 1" 431SS shaft and ran the boat Saturday. The end result is good! Won't need a whip skeg! Did a fair bit of...
Thanks SamSam for the link, will check with the formulas provided tomorrow! and yes the hp increase has exaggerated the problem with the prop...
Put 3hours on the boat skiing Saturday whilst running my old shaft that had been straightend to .006", also the prop has been sorted and it...
Thanks for the advice on lapping the prop onto the shaft, did this and it came up good without any work, this prop had been on shaft for the last...
Just read the link supplied and have never heard of lapping a propeller to a shaft! Will do this when I get a new shaft sorted. Thank's. About...
Just spoke to the guys I purchased the shaft from and they informed me that the shaft should have a max runout over it's 59" length of .003 to...
