I spent the day installing a strut bearing and then installed the strut and
rebuilt shaft on a 30' Marinette today, had to have shims made to get the
shaft aliened because the last owner had a bad repair with screwed up shims
and the shaft was binding and had ben run in a bind for years, the new owner
said he had never been able to open the throttle up with out vibration and
now I know why, and then after a couple hours got her all buckled up and
ready to go, the guy is going to make the Golconda to Chattanooga and back
run down the Tennessee river. I think the Marinette is my next boat as there
cheap and almost indestructible and I really like the direct drive and the
cost of repair is peanuts compaired to an outdrive, but the prop and ruder
seemed really small for a 30ft boat?, I have never worked on a Marinette
before and getting the strut shimed right was a chore.I hate working on
houseboats with outdrives$$$ and down time.
yep I really like the old Marinette's