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cut'em94
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Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:16 pm
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Location: Luling, LA
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 Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Anyone have this happen before? Was riding along and next thing I knew I saw my prop sinking to the bottom of the bayou about 10' behind the boat.
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Gigafowl
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Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:19 pm
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Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Hope you found the prop - it costs more than a shaft I bet....
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cut'em94
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Location: Luling, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Sure didn't find the prop. And it was a new one that I started using about halfway through duck season. I keep a spare prop but that didn't help me very much in this case.
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| Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:29 pm |
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rob_E
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Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:03 pm
Posts: 1763
Location: Prairieville, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing I had one do that on my old motor but I hit something. I never found my prop either.
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Gigafowl
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Saw one broke off just like yours at a run - used pushpole to "feel" for it
and owner was able to get it back.... Hope you marked the spot....
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cut'em94
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Location: Luling, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing I found it odd that it just fell off without hitting anything. Wasn't sure if this was a common problem or not. Motor has 102 hours FWIW.
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| Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:36 pm |
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Gigafowl
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Location: Trinity Bay - Texas
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Shaft likely fractured when you hit something and it just took a while
for the fracture to grow enough to shear away....
When seals go bad sometimes you will see a wear ring right where
shaft is broken off....
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WhoDat88
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Location: Thibodaux, La
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing That has happened on every brand motor a time or two. You must have hit something hard at some point.
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DmaxHunter
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Location: North Alabama
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Put a call into GT, how old is the motor
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cut'em94
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Location: Luling, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Motor is about 2 years old. I'm not too worried about it, I figured that it happens every once in a while.
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| Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:28 pm |
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cut'em94
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Location: Luling, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing And yea I've definitely hit some hard stuff with it.
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cb5331
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Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm
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Location: Rowlett, TX
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Call them. You'll likely have to pay for the shaft, but they may help you a little with the prop if you just bought it.
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cut'em94
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Location: Luling, LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Yea I plan on giving them a call on Monday. They've always been great about helping me in the past.
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Gameover
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Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:06 am
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Location: Prarieville,LA
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing i have a 2013/14 motor bought in jan 14 and broke a shaft around 80 hour mark. granted it was only about 7 months old but GT said they had few bad shafts and this was happening and replaced my shaft for free.
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mudxxed
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing What metal does GT use for their shafts?
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NinjaButtpirate
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Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing Cold roll steel
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