We are about to do some serious fall maint. and one of things on the list is reducing the vibration from the engine.
My contact at the boat yard advises that 18 years and 1700 hours of run time would indicate that the original mounts are hardened and no longer doing much to dampen vibrations.
Choices abound.
Buy some unbranded ones from the Universal Westerbeke dealer, or go with the R&D brand from PYI, or Vetus (which is well distributed around here).
I am looking at about $60. each for new mounts, maybe a bit more. Four needed. Labor is the wild card expense, here, if I palm this off onto the yard (at $70. per hour).
What have you guys and gals done? Brand? Cost? DIY? Hired it out?
If it makes a difference, we are going to have the yard do a bottom job next month, and also replace the 11-year-old bellows on the PSS shaft seal. That will probably mean unbolting the shaft anyway.
Thanks,
Loren in PDX
My contact at the boat yard advises that 18 years and 1700 hours of run time would indicate that the original mounts are hardened and no longer doing much to dampen vibrations.
Choices abound.
Buy some unbranded ones from the Universal Westerbeke dealer, or go with the R&D brand from PYI, or Vetus (which is well distributed around here).
I am looking at about $60. each for new mounts, maybe a bit more. Four needed. Labor is the wild card expense, here, if I palm this off onto the yard (at $70. per hour).
What have you guys and gals done? Brand? Cost? DIY? Hired it out?
If it makes a difference, we are going to have the yard do a bottom job next month, and also replace the 11-year-old bellows on the PSS shaft seal. That will probably mean unbolting the shaft anyway.
Thanks,
Loren in PDX