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| Author: | fishingandwishing [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | skeg adjustment motor pulling |
my gator tail is finally finished but i find it pulls. do they all pull or is it just mine. also is there anything i can do to fix it or just deal with it. thanks |
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| Author: | Team Camo [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
Bend the torque tab |
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| Author: | brianb [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
X2 on bending the torque tab, also make sure u have normal load centered in the boat , having too much weight on one side or the other makes it pull I used a large cresent wrench and went to the lake and kept bending it till you get all the torque out, mine is at about a 45 degree angle so don't be scared to bend it |
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| Author: | fishingandwishing [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
thanks i didnt really want to bend it any more than it came but if yours is at about a 45 i will feel safe bending mine a little further |
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| Author: | Gros'bec [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
I bent my Mudbuddy a total of 1 inch further than it came from the factory. It doesn't pull either way now. Just bend a little at a time a try it out before making further adjustments. 3/4" was almost perfect, so I went 1/4" more that did it. I used a pipe wrench and cheater pipe and bent at the factory bend crease, not at the tip. |
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| Author: | take'emgator [ Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
Do you have a GT boat and motor or did you just buy the motor and stick it on the boat, if so then make sure motor is correctly centered on transom. first look other than that try what the guys above me said |
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| Author: | dguidry [ Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
Move your ass 6 inches one way or the other and see what happens before you go bending that tab. |
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| Author: | fishingandwishing [ Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
i do have a gtr on a gator tail boat. i have tried balancing the boat it not that. i will try to bend the tab a little further to see if that helps. |
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| Author: | fishingandwishing [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
i finaly took the boat to a boat launch and bent the tab a little more than it already was. and i bent the piece below it a little. i can now drive my boat effortlessly. thanks for the help |
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| Author: | Gros'bec [ Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
My boat was perfect after bending skeg 1 inch with no tiller torque at all. Just moved trolling motor battery (74lbs)to rear center to make room for ice chest under the deck and it ain't perfect any more. Just has a little tiller torque now. Plus I lost a tad bit of speed (1 mph)and need to run 100 rpms higher. These boats are finicky. |
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| Author: | Gigafowl [ Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
| Author: | fishingandwishing [ Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: skeg adjustment motor pulling |
from what i have been told you can move it an inch at a time to find the sweet spot but mine was already bolted center so i just bent the skeg a bit to fix. my motor doesnt pull at all anymore |
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