Alignment of Beta

[alan_critchlow]

Ron: Here are a couple of tips on aligning your engine.

I used a empty thread spool (ask a sailmaker)to support the shaft. I
pushed this into the shaft log from inside and then pushed the shaft
through this. The inside of the spool measures 1" and the ouside of
the spool is a little smaller than the shaft log. Steve Birch has a
similar solution with some sort of tapered device.

Use the original installation forward most bolt for the forward motor
mount. Although the mount will be skewed it is the best way to align.
You will find that when the forward mounts are angled similarly to
each other the athwartships aligment is almost finished. After
aligning with shaft all you have to do is mark and tap the aft ones.

Then attack the up and down alginment. If I remember there was 8
threads visble. I used the plain washer on the bottom of the mount
and the split on the top of the mount. To speed things up do not use
the split washer until you have finished with the alignmnt.... much
faster to adjust.

I will take some pictures tomorrow. I have the luxury of the engine
being unencumbered by bulkheads. Putting the throttle cable in was a
bit of a fuss. Not much room to the fuel filter. You will have to use
the forward most atttachment for this cable.

Hope this helps

Alan

 

[alan_critchlow]

Ron: Here are a couple of tips on aligning your engine.

I used a empty thread spool (ask a sailmaker)to support the shaft. I
pushed this into the shaft log from inside and then pushed the shaft
through this. The inside of the spool measures 1" and the ouside of
the spool is a little smaller than the shaft log. Steve Birch has a
similar solution with some sort of tapered device.

Use the original installation forward most bolt for the forward motor
mount. Although the mount will be skewed it is the best way to align.
You will find that when the forward mounts are angled similarly to
each other the athwartships aligment is almost finished. After
aligning with shaft all you have to do is mark and tap the aft ones.

Then attack the up and down alginment. If I remember there was 8
threads visble. I used the plain washer on the bottom of the mount
and the split on the top of the mount. To speed things up do not use
the split washer until you have finished with the alignmnt.... much
faster to adjust.

I will take some pictures tomorrow. I have the luxury of the engine
being unencumbered by bulkheads. Putting the throttle cable in was a
bit of a fuss. Not much room to the fuel filter. You will have to use
the forward most atttachment for this cable.

Hope this helps

Alan

 

[ronbodkin]

I'm not sure what the thread spool looks like, and I don't know a
sailmaker. I also don't know what you men when you say shaft log. I
look foward to pictures.

I misunderstood Steve's direction to use the forward most bolt
hole. I thought he meant the location of the forward most motor
mount on the old engine. (about an inch starbord and 1/2 inch aft of
the bolt you are taking about on each side) That would have saved
me a great deal of headache but now all my drilling and tapping is
done, and it is close to being aligned, without ant fine adjustment
yet. If I can't get it perfect and have to start over, I'll try it
that way and live with eight extra holes in my bearing plates.
(lets hope that isn't necessary.)

I can already see that not installing the split washers while
adjusting is a great Idea, thanks.