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Thank you for weighing in Miki. I am going to pull the pump and replace the wear ring. I believe it was not seated correctly and that created the binding issue as well as the damage to the neoprene seal when it was fully torqued down without any shims. I did get the boat in the water, but it...

That's what mine used to sound like. The anti-rattle kit cured it for the most part on mine. Well, I splashed today. Went out and when I throttled up it bogged down doing so exactly the way my wife explained it. I think the pump failure was coincidental and not related. I gave up for today but...

On the grease type, make sure it is synthetic. A non-synthetic grease could cause rubber parts to swell such as those bumpers on the shaft ends.

This has turned into an experiment now because I don't have the patience to deal with it at the moment. I did shim the pump, but I am not the first to do so. It had 4 washers of 2 different thicknesses when I removed it. Some history regarding why the pump failed. I bought this boat as a fixer...

Sometimes the word typical is a better word than normal. Mine runs great at idle and above maybe 4000 rpm but in the 3000-4000 range it sounds like it's not getting the right mixture from the carbs, I suspect lean in that range, and it has been said that running lean is not good as far as wear...

First time posting here in a couple of years or maybe first ever. I have a 96 Challenger and recently the thrust bearing seized up and the center of the pump body got badly damaged. No damage to the shaft or impeller. I shopped around and found a pump body on ebay that looked identical. Now I...