I have a 06 Alumacraft Nav 175 Tiller with a a Shorelander trailer. I have rollers in the back and bunks in the front with a center roller that swings up and down in the middle. There is a slot in the center roller and the boat goes on straight until the last few feet and then it always jumps off the slot to the left if your facing the boat. I'm at a total loss as it goes on straight sometimes and other times there is nothing I can do to get it on straight. I have tried driving it up, hand cranking it, putting the trailer deeper and shallower and it doesn't make a difference. I have been told to try putting guides on the side of the trailer but will this really help or just tell me the boat is not on straight. Any thoughts on what I can do?
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we had some nice weather yesterday and this conundrum was driving me crazy so I drove up to the house to take another look. I got a bunch of goodies via ups yesterday (cables, winch ratchet parts, handles, leaf springs etc).
I wanted to make sure the new leaf springs I got fit. I got everything laid out and ready to go. Will be busy this weekend with kids stuff and too cold to fish anyway, but I will try to get back up there again next weekend and get it done. I don't think it will be bad once I get it lifted up.
For anyone in the google verse, the leaf springs are 4 leafs and measure 25 1/4" eye to eye per Yetti. I didnt want to pay their markup so just got something else comparable rated for the same weight.
I am a first time wheel house owner, this is all new to me. My house didn't come with any handles for the rear cables? I was told this week by someone in the industry that cordless drills do not have enough brake to lower it slow enough and it can damage the cables and the ratchets in the winches. I put on a handle last night and it is 100% better than using a drill, unfortatenly I found out the hard way lol and will only use the ICNutz to raise the house now.
I haven’t done any leaf springs for a long time and I can’t completely see the connections in your pics BUT I I’d be rounding up: PB Blaster, torch, 3 lb hammer, chisel, cut off tool, breaker bar, Jack stands or blocks.
This kind of stuff usually isn’t the easiest.
I would think you would be able to get at what you need by keeping the house up with Jack stands and getting the pressure off that suspension, then attack the hardware. But again, I don’t feel like I can see everything going on there.
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I have a 06 Alumacraft Nav 175 Tiller with a a Shorelander trailer. I have rollers in the back and bunks in the front with a center roller that swings up and down in the middle. There is a slot in the center roller and the boat goes on straight until the last few feet and then it always jumps off the slot to the left if your facing the boat. I'm at a total loss as it goes on straight sometimes and other times there is nothing I can do to get it on straight. I have tried driving it up, hand cranking it, putting the trailer deeper and shallower and it doesn't make a difference. I have been told to try putting guides on the side of the trailer but will this really help or just tell me the boat is not on straight. Any thoughts on what I can do?
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