depthsounders

starcrafttom · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

Al if you are only down a 1/4 of an inch and out of adjustment I would pull the boat and remount it lower. It sound like to me that it was set up wrong, and this happens a lot, and now no one want to take it off the hull and re screw it in. I would not like to either but if you want it to work right you will have to at some point. That is why its a good idea to use star board as a mounting surface on the hull. much easier to remount, upgrade, or add pucks to you hull. if you are getting a large rooster tail its wrong. as far as the pivot nut goes. its really hard to put enough pressure on the unit to get the pivot to brake loose but it will. When I say hard I mean that its hard to do in your mind because you think its going to brake. its not the pivot bolt that is tight but the catch. you really have to pull on that sucker. If it was not that way then it would move every time you go the boat on plane. what model do you have.

Al & Pat Parker · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject:

Hi Thomas,
Thanks. Yes I'm afraid of yanking too hard on it and pulling the screws out of the transom. I have done it on ones in the yard on a trailer, so know it's done but can't really get 2 hands on it down in the water. .
So, you think it should be lower than 1/4"? I'd like to try it up higher. It reads OK at all speeds now, I just think it's tilted down too much, to point the beam fwd. With the autumn leaves in the water in the creeks, it gets hung up with leaves, which throw it off. The rooster tail goes 2 ft higher than the engine at WOT, which isn't often for us.
thanks again,