[C320-list] Knock, knock, who's there?

[Greg Flanagan]

You likely need to have your engine realigned. Not a very big job as they only need to adjust the engine mounts. 

Cheers,

Greg Flanagan
Hoop Dancer #1076

> On May 10, 2015, at 1:40 PM, B. Stumpp <bstumpp at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> We went out for our first Spring sail this afternoon.  Everything worked
> great BUT with the engine running and turning left I get a knocking sound
> with what seems like every revolution of the prop shaft.  It does not make
> the noise when going straight, turning right or in either direction in
> reverse.     If I speed up the engine the noise  goes faster.  I stuck my
> head in the engine compartment both in front of and behind the bulkhead,
> the sound is emanating farther back towards the stern.  It's not  a real
> loud knock but kind of like someone lightly tapping on the deck with a
> hammer as a surveyor does when checking for moisture.   Before we launched
> the cutlass bearing and strut all seemed fine.  Has anyone experienced this
> before? 
> 
> 
> 
> Bruce Stumpp
> 
> Adventure, #647 
> 
> Frog Mortar Creek, Maryland   
> 
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