I hope too

Ur putting a weak link into the equation vs angling the motor with a coupling that will never give u a problem. Eventually he's gonna spin that joint, might b 50 hrs, might b 500 but it will happen

I would have put a rubber hose like on a stuffing box. That set up has no give to it.

Only time will tell

I didn't notice that Rene good catch. U def need to unbolt the bearing if ur not gonna have a hose

It needs to flex somewhere r that u joint doesn't have a chance

straight from dad mouth "even the Wright bros were laughed at "

What y'all are failing to realize is that the u joint is your point of flex. Like I said it worked great before also thanks for all the input pops really enjoying this.

Its to protect the shaft. You hit a log or stump the shaft only has the lil give in the cutlass bearing. It is much easier to bend a shaft like that. The coupling will come apart before motor damage though.

Ok we could debate good an bad back an forth all day on something like this , fd I have a question for you concerning that last pic you posted , seeing that you have a coupling an a flange bearing with a rubber hose on the end for a coupling to work properly it is suppose to be lined up both vertical and horizontal . How is it being supported on the end of your shaft tube is that rubber hose lined up or is it just slid on if so you are causing undue wear somewhere in your system . Just wondering .

To answer ur question, I aligned my motor to where the shaft is, and aligned the coupling vertically and horizontally with the motor mounts. It's at .002, that's as true as it gets. The rubber just protects the shaft in case u hit something as does the rubber motor mounts.

As per pops "First want to thank y'all for the concerns about my running gear setup. Now I want to show y'all a picture of my neighbors setup. He has been running it for 16yrs a 14' wooden hull with a 20hp vanguard , pulls a 16' setback trawl during May season for shrimp and sets up for hunting in September . In 16yrs he's had to change the cutlass bearing once 2yrs ago. I based my designs on track records not here say , the only difference with mines is that the blocked bearing is also my stuffing box. More posts to come as we move along. Thank you"

No problem. But notice he gas a hose like we talking about and 15 less hp

Yeah and the hose or hp don't mean nothing still bolted to bearing just in a different fashion.

Exactly, he has the hose taking the punishment, ur yoke is gonna take a beating. It will pop. And I will tell u I told u so if u post it when it happens, lol.

I don't care how ur dad builds his boat. But I see his neighbor did like we were suggestion

Got his seat and rudder done waiting on his tela flex to come in.

Got his tela flex hooked up , and he's working on his punch list to get this thing in th water.

I've always said that if I were to ever build one of these, which I may get around to one day, I'd run a hose/pipe from the exhaust out through the transom like the big boats do - right at the water line. It would make a world of difference in both felt emissions and noise. Very nice work - very nice.

Ive had boats with exh like you mention. I will stick to not putting extra holes in my boat.

It crossed my mind how warm it was gonna get back there , also told him he needed to put the btb hydro turf on his decks and floor , think it would be a good match.

I had a few issues with wet exh.

sounds like a personal problem but we call that the shits over here

Zzziiinnnngggggg

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Better than this problem

i could b this fag, riding around in this dick getter, so I guess it can always b worse

Sweet Prius!

Jessie talking Houma Ebonics

I don't see a clutch? How do you start this thing?

Dean its just straight drive turn key and be in right direction and go..

Here are a couple of videos of it running

http://youtu.be/oZ8FszXRbZM

http://youtu.be/nG6R9ZZUTXc

http://youtu.be/ALZBmwh-xvI

Thanks for the links Brady

Well what started as a great afternoon turned sour quick, when we got back to the launch I got in his boat to take it for a spin and put the GPS to it, well when I cranked it up and took off the side of his hull was gonna rub hard , so he went to push it away from the dock , next thing I know is he's bent over holding his hand. It got smashed pretty good , so we loaded everything up and now he's at the hospital getting stitches . I know accidents happen but feel it was all my fault as I was at the stick.

Damn straight drive sorry to hear that hope it all works out ok