Cant get it aligned?

[DeanBrantley]

So I have rebuilt my Speedster stem to stern (almost) Now I'm stuck on one small detail. Looking forward from the stern, I cant seem to align my port engine, Z axis looks fine but its off to the left, x axis, by 3/8 to 1/2 an inch. By shimming the left mounts of the engine plate one would think the engine would rotate up a little and to the right, at least close enough to get by. I got the 787 shim kit from SBT (mines a 720) and used all of the thick shims (6) and 6 of the thin and still its not even close.:facepalm: The question is 1) how many shims can one use before its to many? 2) Even if one shims one side of the engine how does that move the motor on the X axis without screwing up the Z axis? 3) Should I swap the engines assuming I mixed the plates up when reassembled even though the other one fit with only minor adjustment. 4) Do I just need to loosen all the bolts and beat the living crap out off my new motor until it submits to my will? Uh wait...scratch number 4 :willy_nilly: Any and all suggestions, tips or humor is greatly appreciated

 

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Is it twisted in the bed plate? Or is the bed plate warped?

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[DeanBrantley]

Kind of what I thought to, but there wasn't much play when I bolted the engine onto the plate and if it was warped it was warped before I took it out anyways so it should of been misaligned before I even took it out. I know I shouldn't use logic when working on my Speedster, but you just know its got to be warped. So how does one check for warp age of an engine plate? Now i have gone as far as loosening all the motor mounts hull bolts the engine plate bolts of coarse, thought that would be all the play possible. So i jammed my tool into the PTO thinking i could leverage the motor into position. Nope, got the tool stuck in the PTO

Ok here's an update and fix: remove engine, remove engine plate. Using a 3/8 rough cut rat tail file increase the length of the mounting holes by estimated offset in the needed direction, being careful not to increase diameter of hole. Bolt engine on moving to the offset side. Did this, shimmed a little and engine alignment is dead on.