Made a slight popping sound then wouldn't go in forward or reverse? Maybe time to change lower unit fluid?????
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Made a slight popping sound then wouldn't go in forward or reverse? Maybe time to change lower unit fluid?????
Last edited by yupitsme; 11-23-2019 at 08:10 AM.
Ouch ! I think you should swap props and measure again for prop to pad height. That's why hole shot is a little slow.
I gotta ask, is the rest sitting on the bottom of the lake....That's could of ended up very, very bad.
Actually... not my rig. My daughter sent the photo to me. Had to leave a mark somewhere!
They something hard very hard.
Could have been gear case exploding from a bearing/gear failure. Note front of nose-cone is still present.
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Probably skeg hit something.
I suspect a internal problem leading to a gear case explosion would not have created a hole where the drive shaft exited. My money is on external contact - HARD external contact just below the nose cone.
My bet was internal damage.
I'm going with this. ^^^^Originally Posted by yupitsme
That housing is pretty massive... to loose that much of the strut area and essentially everything aft of the front bearing bore, took a significant amount of force.
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That's what my Gen I TorqueMaster looked like went it let go at 82mph. Brand new Mark Croxton tuned 28 Bravo laying at the bottom of Lake Fork.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Sucks losing a B1 like that!
Did you hit something, or did it just grenade?
Just grenaded, with a sharp right turn. Lower units here on Fork don't have the best life. Always bumping stumps idling around...that can't be good for longevity. I was more upset about losing the prop than the lower unit.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
Ouch! That's gonna cost some money
a front bumper and grill
Can't believe they didn't put the transom saver back on
LOL.... some people. And you know... you just know... they'll be back next week with a transom failure claim saying the l/u impact caused it and will never say anything about the forgotten transom saver - which no doubt was the real culprit!
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