It's always something. What the F()ck! Heard grinding while busting through some lillies, look down and this is what I see. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1364948556.982313.jpg

That hole in the water that you throw money in musta been hungry

ouch!

Yeah...

What does the cut down cav plate do, is there a reason behind it, I've seen a couple motor that had this done

The cav plate won't drag when trimmed deep in mud, it allows water and mud to fall back down on the prop to bite better and I cut the length down on the back side so I could trim the prop further under the boat in reverse.

Ouch.

Is that due to a bearing failure or loose/broken bolts?

How many hours on that bad boy. Should be under warranty

I think the bolts broke loose. They tighten from either inside the knuckle or inside the shaft tower. Can't tell. Being towed in now by a trusty... Um... GTR...

Damn.... No bueno

I live in St. Martinville. Was playing in Charlo Lake behind the Lafayette Airport.

Oh you're close to PD headquarters then.

Yeah, that's a plus. I'll drop it off tomorrow. Always something though.

I had alot of shit break on mine but never there.

I guess that makes me a pioneer.

What upsets me is that PD took the LU apart last to replace a broken shaft back in November. I've never even considered tightening or looking at those bolts. Hell, I can't even get to them!

BOAT: BREAK OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND..........lol

Not good at al. On the upside I dropped my PD off last week to get some stuff fixed an they weren't backed up like they usually are they were done with mine in a few days

^X2, sounds like ol boy is rough on his shit

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After pd sees it post back what happened

I wonder if those are studs threaded into that knuckle or if they're bolts with nuts inside the knuckle? I could see stripping the threads out of the knuckle, it'd be hard to believe 4 nuts would back off inside the knuckle or break off in there. I don't know dick about a PD, I'm just trying to figure out how that could happen.

I have Stockholme Syndrome with my motor.

You gotta drop the lower unit to get to those bolts. Don't feel bad though I sheard shaft collar bolts. I was talking to peck face to face when I told him that and he said how the fuck did you do that?

does cutting down your cav plate really help out a lot? Ive been kicking around cutting my down

Looks like those bolts were stripped out of there place. Must have taken a few years to break that part.

How much did u cut off

Well at least prodrive has great customer service should get it back quickly Bryan waited at shop for me Saturday before Easter so I could pick up a clutch hell most wouldn't even answer the phone when there closed I gotta say customer service is excellent there