Anyone ever check and adjust their engine alignment? My alignment tool goes in pretty hard on starboard side. Have to hit it in with my palm. It did get a new coupler and bravo 3 last year. Wondering if i should even mess with it. I didn't have any vibrations or anything like that.
Engine alignment
- Thread starter Chrisvr6
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scoflaw
Well-Known Member
- Aug 10, 2011
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- Boat Info
- 1999 Powerquest legend 260 sx 502 mag
2005 Baja 242 islander 496
- Engines
- 502 mpi Bravo 1
496 mag B1
Adjust it before you smoke your coupler. Plenty of video's on youtube.
My engine was out of alignment from the factory. The misalignment caused my coupler to self destruct.
When the engine was reinstalled after replacing the coupler it was properly aligned. This required raising the forward part of the engine a inch or so, plus shifting it to the port side. They used several pieces of thick aluminum stock between the stringers and the motor mounts to raise it up. The mechanic had a bitch of a time getting the alignment right because it was so far off.
I would suggest that if you got a new coupler there is no reason for the engine to be misaligned now. It should be been perfectly aligned as part of the repair.
When the engine was reinstalled after replacing the coupler it was properly aligned. This required raising the forward part of the engine a inch or so, plus shifting it to the port side. They used several pieces of thick aluminum stock between the stringers and the motor mounts to raise it up. The mechanic had a bitch of a time getting the alignment right because it was so far off.
I would suggest that if you got a new coupler there is no reason for the engine to be misaligned now. It should be been perfectly aligned as part of the repair.
