Thread: Hi Jacker Jack plates

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

What do you mean "steps out"??? If you are talking gets loose or blows out like revving up than you are going in the wrong direction. Keep in mind that when you trim up you are pushing down and the bottom of the boat is going to devert water some. Its a fine line.
Also, let your motor down and put a floor jack under the skeg with a board between and jack up till you get SOME RESISTANCE, this should take some pressure off and make adjusting easier. Motor needs to be parrelel with the jack plate, may have to lowere the front of the boat with the jack to trim it down that far.

Good luck.

I checked all with the boat and motor trimmed level (used a level)
I like the Jack thing to relieve pressure but with the motor and pad level there isn't room for a jack:D. But ill get it fixed

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I bet it will be even looser when you raise it up......good luck with it and be careful

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If you lower the front of the boat down it will raise the rear of the boat giving you room for the jack. You are talking center of the prop on those measurements arent you.
Not every boat goes by what optima, BRM were talkin about props earlier and it may need some "CUP" in it. Take the prop on to Ed's before you do anything else and see what he says, you are going there anyways.

Moving them Batts to the front may solve your problem all by its self. I had an old Venture that would DANCE big time. Moved my batss to the front, even the cranking batt, and never put more than half tank of gas and it would FLY. 48 or so trimmed down and trimmed out low 60s, low 60s in a 15 foot glass boat can get scary.

Boy have it started a good one :D
The issue that I am having is directly related to the motor being too low. True it might get a bit edgy moving it up but I doubt it will be too bad and it will resolve the loose condition (which is running in a straight line and all by itself the rear end slides to the port side a bit). But we will see. Course this is what I get for being an obsessive hard headed hobbit:

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Originally Posted by "G"

I bet it will be even looser when you raise it up......good luck with it and be careful

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I think I will actually get some Chine walk (which I can't make it do it on purpose now -not that I want it to) but from all I have read 5inches below pad is not too good of a thing?

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You hat a steering cable issue me thinks, had the exact same thing going on last year. Being too low in the water should not do that I dont think. I am the same way tho, ifn the potential is there I want it doing it. Gonna be interesting what this hull I am workin with now does. Good luck, just be careful raising that motor that much at one time.

Originally Posted by Rees Guide

You hat a steering cable issue me thinks, had the exact same thing going on last year. Being too low in the water should not do that I dont think. I am the same way tho, ifn the potential is there I want it doing it. Gonna be interesting what this hull I am workin with now does. Good luck, just be careful raising that motor that much at one time.

Yep first things I checked were loose bolts, nuts, and cables
Twernt any of them. Keep em coming I might have missed sumn

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