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06-06-2015, 09:44 AM | #1 |
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Outdrive Position When Long-Term Beached
Hi! Only second month with pontoon and have a question: we'll be beaching it for the summer and am wondering if we should raise the outdrive completely out of the water or leave the prop in when not being used. I was raising it out, but I noticed my neighbors kept theirs in.
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Enough water?
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06-07-2015, 09:55 AM | #3 |
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Is it a Mercury Outboard?
We just bought a new boat with a 60hp Mercury 4-stroke outboard. The owner's manual recommends raising the motor out of the water when it is not in use. I know that few people do this, but that's what the manufacturer recommends.
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06-08-2015, 07:58 AM | #4 |
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Outbard or I/O?
If it's an outboard motor, tilt it up out of the water.
If it's a I/O (sterndrive), leave it down if there's enough depth. |
06-08-2015, 08:29 AM | #5 |
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Always tilt outboards up out of the water. Prevents corrosion and re-painting and keeps stuff from growing in the water passages within the motor.
Stern drives can be left up or down, does not matter, but it's easier on the u-joints if it's down when starting/running. Some weill say leave it down to avoid stressing the rubber bellows, I think that if your bellows are brittle enough to be damaged by trimming up, you should replace them. |
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06-11-2015, 04:24 PM | #6 |
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Thanks, all! I'll pull it out this weekend for forever more.
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06-12-2015, 06:11 PM | #7 |
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Just curious, thinkxingu ... does your pontoon boat have an outboard motor or an I/O, and if it's an outboard, is it a Mercury?
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