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Name:	lamont -	Reply
Subject:	Boat Lifts?
Date:	7/27/2008 8:11:03 PM

Anyone have any recommendations for a boat lift repair man?

Name:	Kizma Anuice -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/27/2008 10:35:19 PM

Name:	lamont -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 7:29:29 AM

It won't lift the boat anymore. It is only 3 years old. I guess it is a motor issue. It also makes an awful screeching noise when I lower the boat to the water.

Name:	Kizma Anuice -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 10:08:40 AM

have you greased the bearings lately? if not try it.
one motor or two. are you wired 120 or 240?

Name:	spider -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 10:10:15 AM

It could be the motor, but it is more likely that the belt needs to be tightened. The screeching is probably because the hoist and the brackets that hold the pipe that winds the cables to your lift need to be greased at the grease fittings.

Name:	lamont -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 10:32:53 AM

Thanks Spider and Kizma. I'm not real handy with that sort of thing but, I'll give it a try.

Name:	Webmaster -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 11:37:23 AM

If there is a cover over the motor and pully assembly then it may be worth taking the cover off to see where the sound is coming from. It's usually easy to tell if the pulley is slipping. Send a photo of it if possible and this would be fun to diagnose the problem.

I've seen pipes on which cable winds installed in brackets with no bearings and those can become noisy if not regularly greased. Also hard to get to because they can be over the boat docking area.

This is all assuming this type of lift is an overhead lift. If this is a lift from below then it is probably manufactured (then who is the manufacture).

Name:	green,ed -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 12:26:52 PM

Watch out for wasps under motor cover.

Name:	lamont -	Reply
Subject:	what is wrong with it
Date:	7/28/2008 5:57:27 PM

Appreciate the "heads up" Ed. I have found those suckers in the most improbable places and would rather not have to deal with them at the top of a ladder.

Name:	4thelake -	Reply
Subject:	Boat Lifts?
Date:	8/1/2008 12:54:13 PM

Call Phil at Pushwater Marine. 256-675-0194

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