On board tool kit

[Ewok]

If you could have had any hand tool with you while you were stuck out on the water, what would it have been?

I'm assembling a basic tool kit for my new boat, any PCM or tige specific tools I should carry to get back to the dock? I already carry a basic socket set, wrench set, screw drivers, pliers and a Gerber knife/utility tool.

[wallacmc]

Great idea. I've been wondering the same thing. After my alternator issues, I already have a jump pack on board, though, when the battery is as dead as mine was, the whole computer shuts down, stops the engine, and there is not really that much you can do. I have a craftsman 50-something peice mechanics set that includes sockets and a couple of wrenches and screwdrivers. It is small and comes in its own box. I also have picked up a million candlepower spotlight.

[ajholt7]

BFH

[chpthril]

If you cant Duck it......................

[dingleberry]

If you cant Duck it......................

the get out the baling wire

[Guma]

Ball bearings, its all ball bearings nowadays!

On topic, I have a tool kit I picked up from West Marine. It has come in handy more than once already, although I did add an allen wrench set that folds like a pocket knife.

[Duncan]

Get a hex driver set (or at least one the size of hex bolt on the wakeboard rack). Also, have allen wrenches -- there is a small hex bolt in the throttle assembly of an RZ2 that tends to come loose.

Hose clamps. Had to bypass the heater on a friend's Malibu while on the water. If not for the hose clamps, we would have been off the water.

[Guma]

Also, have allen wrenches -- there is a small hex bolt in the throttle assembly of an RZ2 that tends to come loose.

This same thing happened on my 22Ve throttle. I put some Blu-Loctite on it and it hasn't come loose since. This was the exact thing that prompted me to get the set of allen wrenches for my tool kit.

[Ewok]

This same thing happened on my 22Ve throttle. I put some Blu-Loctite on it and it hasn't come loose since. This was the exact thing that prompted me to get the set of allen wrenches for my tool kit.

I have noticed that the throttle is a not loose but I would like to tighten up the friction of pushing the throttle forward and back, I don't want it too easy to accelerate. For example, we had a little rough water on Sunday and everytime the bow came down hard on a wave, the throttle would bump a little down and accelerate the boat, which I did not want to do. I tried holding the throttle in my hand but when my whole body is bouncing up and down, I was moving the throttle a little as well. I want to avoid that in the future by having just enough throttle friction to keep it where I put it.

[Guapo]

I have noticed that the throttle is a not loose but I would like to tighten up the friction of pushing the throttle forward and back, I don't want it too easy to accelerate. For example, we had a little rough water on Sunday and everytime the bow came down hard on a wave, the throttle would bump a little down and accelerate the boat, which I did not want to do. I tried holding the throttle in my hand but when my whole body is bouncing up and down, I was moving the throttle a little as well. I want to avoid that in the future by having just enough throttle friction to keep it where I put it.

I'm not sure where the adjustment is for that, but for what it's worth, mine doesn't do that...you might need to have your dealer look at that. Like the others, the throttle "knob" came loose on mine the first day out.

I keep allen wrench set, a multi-tool, pliers, crescent wrench, and screwdrivers...just the basics as I'm not a mechanic...

[Guapo]

Ball bearings, its all ball bearings nowadays!

Fletch...classic

[majestic]

I have noticed that the throttle is a not loose but I would like to tighten up the friction of pushing the throttle forward and back, I don't want it too easy to accelerate. For example, we had a little rough water on Sunday and everytime the bow came down hard on a wave, the throttle would bump a little down and accelerate the boat, which I did not want to do. I tried holding the throttle in my hand but when my whole body is bouncing up and down, I was moving the throttle a little as well. I want to avoid that in the future by having just enough throttle friction to keep it where I put it.

Mine does the same. Nobody to date has been able to figure out how to tighten it.

[talltigeguy]

You need a wrench big enough to get the lug nuts off a flat trailer tire.

My buddy just got a flat in BFE and realized then that the tow vehicle lug wrench was not the same size as the trailer's. So he left the boat on the side of the road while he ran to the nearest town.

[Duncan]

You need a wrench big enough to get the lug nuts off a flat trailer tire.

My buddy just got a flat in BFE and realized then that the tow vehicle lug wrench was not the same size as the trailer's. So he left the boat on the side of the road while he ran to the nearest town.

Ouch, I thought of this last weekend towing back from Lake Kincaid. And I have not followed up on it. I better get on it!

Speaking of, are there jack points on a trailer? Guess I better see if the jack for our Armada can be used with the trailer too.

Thanks Tall for the reminder!

[Guma]

You need a wrench big enough to get the lug nuts off a flat trailer tire.

My buddy just got a flat in BFE and realized then that the tow vehicle lug wrench was not the same size as the trailer's. So he left the boat on the side of the road while he ran to the nearest town.

Never thought to check that one, and I am one anal sumbeach. Guess what I am doing this evening?