[C320-list] Quieting cockpit vibrations

[John Meyers]

When did this problem start? Has the propeller been checked for being
fouled, bent, or out of balance for some reason? Does the vibration only
occur when in gear?

John Meyers


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>wrote:

> I thought that coupler alignment and shaft alignment were the same thing.
> Can you be more specific?
>
>
> On 6/14/2013 12:17 AM, Chris Burti wrote:
>
>> I'd recheck the coupler alighnment, then the shaft alignment...should
>> not be that much vibratioon.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:29 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.
>>>
>>> Scott Thompson
>>> Surprise, #653 (1999)
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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