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Ogdensburg, NY mailing but live in Morristown, New York
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Hi Switched the arrow of the first four tires to point backwards. The machine now moves but slow in the water. One thing I noticed is that it tends to pull hard to the left. When you hold the stick, only one side moves and it just kind of sit in the water. Had to use an oar to get some windage to line up into the turn. I'm thinking I might as well move the last two tires in the rear also so that the arrow of all the tires are pointing backwards. I probably should see how the tire pressure and circumference measures for all six tires. What do you suggest? Thank you.
Max2s have some other quirks to check if its not in the tire pressure. Chain tension is a major culprit of lack of power, deflection should be from .5-.75 inches at the mid point.
The other issue that I've seen on multiple machines if for the set screw to work out of the middle sprocket, this allows either too much slack or binding of the middle and front axles as the sprocket floats on the axle tube. When this happens the rear end will get most of the power and the tell-tail sign is that the machine will sit really low in water towards the back of the machine. The other axles may still turn but the bulk of the power is lost.
I think liflod's suggestion is probably all you need. The engine sits off to one side in your Max II so it is not perfectly centered. That alone will cause it to steer better to the left. You have to get used to shifting your body weight around. If you slide over to the right, lean and pull back on the right stick, you should turn better to that side. You don't have to lean with it, but at least make sure you have the weight balanced out with the motor which will probably require you to slide to the right of center a little.
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