[Buddy Bearings or Sealed?]

I have towed my 24' Grady White from New Orleans to the Keys every year for the last 15 years, (~20 hours each way), so I've spent a lot of time working on the best bearing system. Here's what I've found. Buddy Bearings are great, but you should use the ones with the relief hole that prevents over-filling. I used to drill my own holes; now they are available from the factory. I also only use the red grease called "Red and Tacky #2". I have been fortunate to never have a bearing failure, but before using the Buddy Bearings and this grease, I would find bearing damage during the annual bearing replacement. Since making these changes, I only pull the bearings every 3rd year and have not found any damaged bearings.

I just bought a catamaran with the posi-lube spindles that allow you to inject grease through the spindle to the back bearing and seal area. These are great, but did not have the clearance to allow the use of Buddy Bearings. I modified the spindle by pulling off the grease fitting, then installed the vented Buddy Bearings. I keep an extra grease fitting for my grease gun that can be pushed into the spindle when I want to "repack" the rear bearing. Works pretty well, just a little messy. So far, I've made a couple of trips of about 8 hours with this system, seems to work very well.

I'm always looking for new and better ideas. I hope this helps someone....good luck!

[Suzuki Failure Codes]

Thanks for the info; I didn't think about service manuals being available on e-Bay. I'm hoping to find a guide that gives usable information for problems that arise while fishing offshore. Won't matter for awhile; I'm stuck here in BP hell with no place to fish.......

[Suzuki Failure Codes]

I have a pair of 2007 175 Suzuki 4 strokes and would like to locate a list of the engine error codes and a troubleshooting guide. Are these available?

[28' Catamaran]

Please give me a call; I would like to get some information on this boat.

Steve

(504) 885-1567

[28' Catamaran]

A good friend of mine passed away recently, leaving his 28' Pro Cat to his son...son is not the old salt his dad was, so "Phat Kat" is on the block. Pro Cat had some hull issues, but be assured this one has stood the test of time and endurance. A great ride, dry and stable, with all the right stuff; Furuno chart/bottom machine and radar, Apelco auto-pilot, out-riggers, LARGE fishboxes...excellent fuel economy...out of Charleston 60-70 miles, troll all day, then back to the bank on 90-100 gals reg gas...the twin Optis will push her up to 48 mpg (GPS) and cruises at 26 KTS @ 3600 rpms. Has recently been in the care of top-notch Mercury dealer and you can get the skinny on this boat from them if interested.

I've personally spent many hours aboard "Phat Kat" and know her to be a comfortable, seaworthy fish-catchin' machine

Complete with 3-axle aluminum trailer in excellent shape, she'll find a new home for less than $30,000. PM me here if you have an interest.