[C320-list] Quieting cockpit vibrations

[Tony Murphy]

Have you had your shaft alignment checked recently?  Or the status of your cutlass bearing checked?

I had a bit of vibration when we purchased #886 a couple years back, but aligned the shaft and replaced the bearing before transport and it was much better when we splashed.  I'm just guessing, but it doesn't sound normal to have your hatch covers vibrating so much.

Tony Murphy
Bella Sol #886


On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:

> When I'm motoring Surprise the cockpit is very noisy. I can quiet things down a lot by having guests, family or the dog sit on the port cockpit locker and the two lazarrette lockers, which vibrate loudly when the engine is running hard. But getting them to "stay" is difficult. What have others done to quiet down those locker covers? It appears to be the covers themselves, rather than the latches, that cause the loud vibrations sympathetic with the engine, BTW.
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> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, #653 (1999)
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