Grinding Noise When Shifting into Gear

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Mako19

Allen Mathews from Extreme Marine comes service the boat at my house once a year when I call him.

Has anyone ever heard of him or the company?

I think he is kind of expensive ($800-$900) a year for the work that I described above. However, I cant complain about his results. Motor would not start well and would die when ideling before he serviced it firat time. Since he has worked on it motor has literally started fist crank everytime and never died while ideling.

Does this price sound way too high? He comes to my house within a week of calling him. That is better than leaving it at a boat repair shop for 3 weeks.

That is actually my dad,Alan Matthieu.....I am biased but he knows everthing there is to know about outboards. He is more expensive than bringing it to a shop but you get what you pay for.

[Mako19]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

That is actually my dad,Alan Matthieu.....I am biased but he knows everthing there is to know about outboards. He is more expensive than bringing it to a shop but you get what you pay for.

Wow thats pretty cool! Yea he definitely always takes care of the motor.
I may give him a call tomorrow and let him know that I am concerned about the grinding noise.
Maybe he will remember checking out the gears last time he worked on motor.

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by Mako19

Wow thats pretty cool! Yea he definitely always takes care of the motor.
I may give him a call tomorrow and let him know that I am concerned about the grinding noise.
Maybe he will remember checking out the gears last time he worked on motor.

There is no way to check the gears without taking the bearing carrier out and visually check the gears and bearings. Only adjustment you have is your shift/throttle. Some metal shavings is normal wear. The drain plugs have magnets on them to catch the shavings.

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

That is actually my dad,Alan Matthieu.....I am biased but he knows everthing there is to know about outboards. He is more expensive than bringing it to a shop but you get what you pay for.

I may need to get his contact info if he's taking on new clients. I've been getting my motor worked on with one of those brother in law deals but the guy would keep my boat for 2-3 months at a time! I's rather pay to have it done quicker and get more time on te water, because missing almost the whole summer of fishing sucks!!! Not to mention my motor is getting a little older now, so it needs more than a shade tree mechanic!