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I am thinking what you are hearing is normal. Very common for Volvos to get some clatter in the top of the unit when at idle. Mine has had that ever since I owned it since 2002. Goes away when in gear out of the water when there is just the slightest amount of load.

Yes...but what I stated is completely accurate. Bayliner and Searay boats are made in the same factory...maybe not the factory you were in, but yes in other factories. I equate Searay with the Maxum boats. Same basic quality as a Bayliner with a little bit of lipstick added.

The large hose that goes to the circulating pump bypasses the thermostat. In fact, you won't even get close to putting antifreeze down the thermostat by putting it in the hoses.

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When did you go through the factory? Sorry...but they were built on the same line. Not hearsay. I would never buy a recently made SeaRay....or Bayliner. I just bought a Cobalt R5 and was looking at the SeaRay SDX series. Not even in the same universe...

Well, since the drive line is spinning at that RPM, it would make sense. If your drive was REALLY out of alignment, makes me wonder about the coupler. Any metal dust in the bilge?

Major thread resurrection because of a forum spammer! Boats also have a different type of load. Since the engine is in the rear, it s very heavy so the trailer axles tend to be further to the rear. Between where the axles are and the center of gravity, the tongue weight can be less and still...

10Hz wouldn't be a thump. 10 Hz is around the frequency of the engine RPM.

SeaRay took a major hit after Brunswick bought them. They are almost identical quality now. They were even both made in the same factory in Tennessee. That factory may have closed by now.

A lot depends on how the boat is taken care of. Sea rays and Bayliners are not the best built boats in the world so they have to be very well taken care of to last.

Won't even be doing 40MPH

He said 75 KPH...46 MPH. It might do that.

What brand brakes do you have? You may want to lube the guide pins. I do that every few years on my Kodiaks.

I have bought a 2017 Cobalt with only 110 hours on it. I just pulled the drive and it's WAY out of alignment. And it's not an inexpensiveley built boat like a Bayliner or Searay.

How does it sound when you have it in gear and have the drive full right or left.? You can also do that out of the water if you are careful .

It is normal maintenance to check alignment annually whether there is work done or not.

You are not aligning your drive correctly. This two finger turning of the alignment bar is not how you do it. You push the alignment bar with grease on it and read the grease lines to see if its high or low. The two finger thing is just how much force it is to slide the bar in and out...not...

We own two homes in the montains. Web accessed thermostats have prevented multiple occurrences of possible freeze damage since we have friends use one of the houses and I vacation rent the other. Also nice to be able to turn up the heat as we drive up the mountain to them. We always turn off...

If the breakaway cable was pulled, you could slide it backwards. From the picture you can see its all the way forward.

Does the coupler slide forward and backwards within its channel if you push on it? If it does, it is possible the breakaway cable was pulled. If not, jack up each wheel and see if one or more turn to find the offending caliper