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Post by John Payette on Jun 25, 2005 15:09:38 GMT -6
Well I'll make it short. I drove to Limestone and one of the guys in the club spin's my prop. Uh your shafts bent John. I look it's bend badly. I thought this sucks I will run it tommorow and take it to the shop after the T. Well we went to bed around 11pm and I woke up at 2 and watched the clock until 4am. All the time thinking about tearing up my lower unit if I run with the bent shaft. I decieded it would be best to not run the boat and save my $100 entry to go to repairs. I left around 5am and dropped my boat at the machine shop in Onalaska and headed back to Houston. I had several guys from our club offer to let me fish with them but I wouldn't have been very good company or very focused on fishing. I have to say one thing though. Even thought I drove 400 miles RT and didn't get to fish I enjoyed the BSing with the guys and thier company. I have met so many good people since I started Bass fishing it's amazing
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Post by tsstagner on Jun 25, 2005 15:15:22 GMT -6
John - Sorry to hear about the prop shaft but I think made the right choice by not pushing it. Hopefully, it will be just the prop shaft and nothing else.
Scott
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Post by John Payette on Jun 25, 2005 15:21:18 GMT -6
Well the kick in butt Scott is the unit has less than 5 hours on it I bent it loading the boat last weekend. The waters low but no excuse, I should have know better. I didn't run it at all with the shaft bent so I hope nothing else it damaged. It bent bad enough that the prop rubs the case though
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Post by BassCat19 on Jun 25, 2005 17:46:34 GMT -6
Bummer , Sorry to hear that John .
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Post by Robert on Jun 26, 2005 7:06:26 GMT -6
Sorry to hear the bad news John.
I agree with your choice not to run it. Things never go from bad to better.
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Post by John Payette on Jun 26, 2005 10:20:22 GMT -6
Well I hope one of our members won the event ;D
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Post by Bill Hall on Jun 26, 2005 11:55:54 GMT -6
Dang John you just can not catch a break on the motor here lately hope it is not much of nothing
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Post by Ranger360 on Jun 26, 2005 19:41:28 GMT -6
John if it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any. You made the right decision in not running the motor. The shaft needs to be repaired but maybe the case wont have to have any machine work to it because you didn't let the bearings spin.
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Post by Won Hunglo on Jun 26, 2005 20:27:13 GMT -6
Glad I did not repair my last bent shaft in 2002. I decided to run it the next week end in Palestine then get it fixed. Hit the submerged bridge in Coffee creek & broke the outer casing. Second time that I hit the bridge & toasted a lower unit. Worked perfect because instead of repairing a lower unit I got another whole new one...my 5th bought by my insurance company.
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Post by BassCat19 on Jun 27, 2005 18:16:22 GMT -6
Dang Won , I bet your insurance co. is geting tired of hearing from you .
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