Knocked the skeg off lower unit

[SkeeterMark]

You can see the bolt threads on the bolt right under the prop. No water in the housing. Will a low water lower unit fit on my '02 Vmax O66?

[JeffinParadise]

Yes it will fit.

[Pacer]

how about a picture of the damage? what did you hit?

[21XDC]

Yes it will fit if you have a 3.1L , But you will need the 4 SS metric studs to mount it. Hydrotec sells the kit. Be aware that there are different gear ratios depending on what motor you have.

[SkeeterMark]

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I'll get pics today. Don't know what I hit. What ever it was was in the middle of the mouth of a creek on the main lake.

Thanks for the pics of the lower unit. That is the same motor I have.

[SkeeterMark]

Here's what's left...

[rangerguy]

Ouch!!!!

[John Hagins]

Check with Marcus at Las Vegas Marine, he has some used lower units he is selling for a fraction of the new price.

John.

[BruceAlmighty]

I'm sure that can be fixed for no more than a couple hundred I had a skeg welded on mine a few years ago
Hate it when that happens!!!


Modified by BruceAlmighty at 2:14 PM 4/29/2009

[SkeeterMark]

Insurance adjuster is saying the skeg had stress on it already and is sending up for further examining.

[21XDC]

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I would not trust a welded on skeg on a 250 at the speeds these motors produce. See if your insurance company will accept any and all liability of future accidents if related to the skeg comming off at speed.

[Bighutch]

I have progressive and they wanted my boat to be off the water for 2 weeks so the shop could take my old LU part and tell them it was from hitting something or wear and tear even with a big peice missing from the cav plate. I got it welded and told progressive to stick it...

[SkeeterMark]

Now they want the shop to take apart the old lower unit and use the gears from the old unit and place them in a newer lower unit without the gears. They want to pay for 4 hours of labor for that. Now he wants the shop to take apart the lower unit because the shop found where I diffently hit an object to show the little pip squeek. The adjuster wants to look at all the gears and measure the shaft? This adjuster is reading from a script and the shop hates to tell him this is not a Merc. it's a Yamaha.

[John Hagins]

Again I say; call Marcus at Las Vegas Marine. He can hook you up with a used lower unit with very few hours for $850.00 plus shipping (about $100)!!!

John.