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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | Gigafowl [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing |
Hope you found the prop - it costs more than a shaft I bet.... |
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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | rob_E [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | Gigafowl [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | Gigafowl [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | WhoDat88 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | DmaxHunter [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing |
Put a call into GT, how old is the motor |
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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing |
And yea I've definitely hit some hard stuff with it. |
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| Author: | cb5331 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | cut'em94 [ Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | Gameover [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | 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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| Author: | mudxxed [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing |
What metal does GT use for their shafts? |
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| Author: | NinjaButtpirate [ Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Shaft Sheared Off At Bushing |
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