dealer says I have a bent shaft on a 225 hpdi series 2. Went and looked, and it is bent slightly. still turns freely so I don't think the bearings are are screwed up or anything. What do you think the cost is for new prop shaft installed. Dad thinks it will be around 4,000 and i don't think that is even close. Any ideas?
600-700 bucks appr, but you can have it straightened for bout half that, make sure you change both prop shaft seals and also the rear carrier bearing either way
You can get a prop shaft for under $300 online but not sure of seals and shims that may be required. The link below shows a price for a VZ225 and yours may a different price. Hope this helps.
http://www.boats.net/parts/det....html
shaft itself cost about 250-300 the rest is seals and carrier bearing and couple hrs labor for someone reputable to do the work, no shimming required for shaft change
See if a boat shop around there has one of these. I had mine straightened - it was bent pretty bad, and have had absolutely no problems. Cost to get it done was very reasonable, and took about 30 minutes.
http://www.quickstraight.com/index.htm
it might break tomorrow, but mine got bent about 3 or 4 years ago and i decided that i would try to fix it myself and did. i took a piece of strong square tubing and bent it back straight to within .03". i used a dial indicator first to determine the "high spot" and then proceded to straighten the shaft a little at a time. i finally had to stand on the square tubing to get it straight. those suckers are strong. been running fine ever since.
If the dealer says the shaft is bent, then have them give an estimate on the repair.
$700-800 sounds about right and is a lot better than a new lower unit when it damages everything from running bent.
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