1988 34 sundancer twin 454s

[samuel]

real happy with the boat/ having proplems with port shaft alighnment-first i needed a new shaft then a new bearing-a new transmission seal and recently told it needs a new strut- anyone with similar experiences/ideas or any interesting thoughts about this particular boat

 

[Guest]

I would have a mechanic re-align the whole thing from the engine to the strut. The engine mounts might be bad, the strut could be moved from a grounding.. Your boat yard can use a laser to get the whole thing aligned properly and they can check the whole system for other problems. From everything you have talked about something is amiss somewhere.

 

[billh556]

same problem, same boat

I have an 88 dancer that had the same issues. I needed to have the port vdrive rebuilt, and while it was out the mechanics had the shaft and coupling plate balanced and straightened. Then they re-installed the vdrive and carefully aligned both engine/shaft/strut assemblies. Worked wonders, the boat never ran so smooth before that work was done.