Sportmaster pioion sertup

[TEXAS20225]

C that is so Very well said and so painfully true


Capt i see you had to be force fed the garbage they call new parts these days it is such a shame that financial gain has super ceded any remote semblance of what used to be called NEW parts ,its not only in parts its every where ive been a life time wearer of Sperry docksiders i just bought a new pair that were junk and made in china

[luv2gofast]

Chaz thinkin , But will finish it for TB ...

Mr. "to go fast" ,

The reason you had no response's to your liking, probably had a bit to do with the way you asked .. Meaning you spoke only of shims, nothing about having tools or a manual. If you have done 3 lower units .. if you don't have a manual, it's good reading for the bathroom .. pages you don't like , use for ... nevermind ..

Thanks Todd and HalfFast your answers were helpful and you put some thought into them.

Mr. Chaz,

I thought it was a simple question. I just wanted to know if any of the experts had seen a tolerance stack up that required only .005" shim.

Thanks for the response. I did it the way the manual says with the correct tools and it's somewhere between .0245 and .0255.

Actually you know me but I guess you don't remember. You learned how to put a Nic sleeve in a 280 on one of my motors. I have the factory manuals on everything I work on and buy the correct tools. I have a machine shop and know how to use it so if I can't get the correct special tool, I make it. Maybe I should have said that in the first post but didn't want to sound like I think I'm an expert. Just wanted to make that clear because it looks like Texas wants to turn this thread into a pee pee length contest.

Texas,

If you led a man to a mud puddle, don't expect him to drink...

[Capt.Insane-o]

The shim stack is what it is as long as the final numbers are right.

[luv2gofast]

The shim stack is what it is as long as the final numbers are right.

That's what I'm going with...

[Chaz]

Well, I'm glad to see ya learned something ..

BTW .. you take a reading at three points of rotation. Add the three numbers together and divide by three to come up with a single number average. Not a between a this or that … not splitting hairs with ya. Just stating how the manual describes the procedure.

Chaz = wunderin, where you bought long feeler blades in half thou increments above the standard .0015 starting point …

Chaz = thinkin, both Capt and Tex have done so many that you could take the number of lower you and I have done, add them together, then multiply by .. between 24.5 - 25.5 and still not come up with what each have done individually …

P.S. Tex said .. "think" not "drink" .. your welcome ...

[luv2gofast]

Well, I'm glad to see ya learned something ..

BTW .. you take a reading at three points of rotation. Add the three numbers together and divide by three to come up with a single number average. Not a between a this or that … not splitting hairs with ya. Just stating how the manual describes the procedure.

Chaz = wunderin, where you bought long feeler blades in half thou increments above the standard .0015 starting point …

Chaz = thinkin, both Capt and Tex have done so many that you could take the number of lower you and I have done, add them together, then multiply by .. between 24.5 - 25.5 and still not come up with what each have done individually …

P.S. Tex said .. "think" not "drink" .. your welcome ...

Sorry for pissed of post...it just sort of rubbed me wrong that you thought I was trying to do it without the manual and proper tools. To be fair you are right I didn't say that in the original post. The half thou was just a machinist poke at you, I knew you would get it. I was just about ready to take my feeler set apart and make a holder to be able to get a blade back in there. Not much room for my big hands around the gauge tool. I'm no expert on boat gearcases so I do it by the book.

I know Texas does more in a year than I will do in my lifetime (I hope). I expected Texas to be the first one to post and tell me that ether he has seen a bunch of them with .005 or never seen one like that. That was what I was looking for in the original post. I didn't need him to insinuate that I couldn't think or that I would not listen to an expert unless I heard what I wanted. Hence my mud puddle comment.

Not pissed off any more,
Be well,
Bob