Tower Mount Noise

chaser720 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:31 pm **Posts:** 90

Been searching and haven't had anyone with a similar problem.

In rough water, the tower is making a good bit of noise where the base mounts and pivots. Almost like a clicking sound. Seems to be from the tower moving left to right at the base (maybe sliding on that mount). The right side is right in my ear so it's fairly annoying to listen to.

A22owner · **Joined:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:25 am **Posts:** 208

Loose heim joint on one of the struts?

AJWest · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2016 2:45 pm

Something doesn't sound right. I've owned 2 Axis and ridden in 5 others and the tower is very solid. Actually that's a great feature of Axis is the solid tower. I boat in very choppy water often to get get to smooth water so I bet my boat sees more chop than most but still solid tower. Find the torque specs for the bolts and double check

garner · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2016 2:45 pm

Sounds like a loose bolt on the tower. I did have this issue with my 2013 A22 and it was the large allen head bolt at the base of the tower. I do not know my 2016 well enough to know if it is mounted the same way.

r33pwrd · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2016 3:14 pm

Check the tower to see if it's loose.. mine is

going to dealer next week to get fixed.

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AJWest · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2016 4:08 pm

These boats are subjected to a lot of vibration and jarring so it's possible something got loose

chaser720 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:31 pm **Posts:** 90

That is what I was thinking. I will check on those before I take it out next. It's my first season with the boat and I was hoping that this wasn't normal because it's obnoxious.

Thanks for the feedback.

garner · **Posted:** Tue May 10, 2016 7:10 am

Try a little of the medium strength thread-lock on it.

chaser720 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:31 pm **Posts:** 90

She was loose... One side i snugged about half a turn and the other was about 3-4 full turns :shock:

Took it out yesterday and hit a big windstorm on the way in complete with a little waterspout forming. haha Had good 2-3 foot whitecapping rollers and she was solid as a rock.

Thanks again.

A22owner · **Joined:** Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:25 am **Posts:** 208

chaser720 wrote:

She was loose... One side i snugged about half a turn and the other was about 3-4 full turns :shock:

Took it out yesterday and hit a big windstorm on the way in complete with a little waterspout forming. haha Had good 2-3 foot whitecapping rollers and she was solid as a rock.

Thanks again.

*thumbs up*

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