21 hours ago, Powerstroked said:

They have a nut on the stern end that can be tightened to increase force. I tightened both with no success.

mrothwell, how much stuff do you have on your rack? I'm curious if the springs are too light or worn out.

Just one pair of speakers, bimini, 2 board racks.

But even new, it was pretty heavy.  I have always had to put something for the tower to rest on so it doesn't leave a dent in the dash.  I have the springs as tight as they will go.

Lowest quarter in volume since 2018 other than the initial Covid fallout in 2020.   I haven't looked at volume before 2018, but yeah that's bad. 

To be honest, I prefer the gortex rope instead of dripless.  Just for ease of maintenance if I do end up with a leak, you’re not separating the shaft and coupling to slide a new seal on. 

Remove motor and take it to a shop that fixes motors

47 minutes ago, ahopkins22LSV said:

@SkipGundlach I am not sure what you mean by the edit function went away, the thread is not locked or hidden. But to keep this somewhat organized I am going to merge your threads together.

Hi, and thanks for your efforts.

As the new post is the current info, and really would have been what I'd have edited into the start of the first thread, if you'd substitute my current one for the first of the original, I'll go back in and (presuming no issues on a new topic being edited) and delete reference to the earlier stuff.

I was in contact with Ronnie; he tried to tell me how to edit, but after a couple of edits on the original, that function went away, as I demonstrated with a screen shot (no 'save' button) to him.

Thanks  for your help.  But perhaps there's some software limitation on numbers of edits, as most certainly mine had that issue.

L8R

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