GoFastRacer

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Big River, Ca
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Posted: Mar. 17 2006,4:23 am |
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| Quote (stingray @ Mar. 15 2006,10:16 am) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ Mar. 15 2006,5:04 am) | | Quote (stingray @ Mar. 14 2006,10:31 pm) | | Quote (MrCord @ Mar. 14 2006,2:57 pm) | | Quote (stingray @ Mar. 14 2006,2:38 pm) | I guess he got a mild vibration,I thought he had fixed it untill I got to the river and see the prop nut missing  Now it's at the river,no tools. He says run it the season and fix it next winter  It's not my boat so, Do what you want.  |
Am I getting this right.....
No prop nut... And a prop just jammed on there...
Yikes...  I dont want to be a wakeboarder in the water when he hits reverse   |
I have a rosebud tip, and we tried some heat, but on the boat all that heat rises to the bottom of the boat, on the gelcoat. this has turned near 1/4 turn, I suspect two things, a weak key and not enough torque on the nut causing the prop to get a running start at the key shearing it off.
Agian all I can do is give advice. If he wants to run it this season we will see. I've ridden in it and didn't feel a vibration, but it's not mine. no one nows there boat better than the owner. |
I'll lay odds that the key didn't fit right and the prop didn't go all the way on, even though the nut was tight the prop was still loose because it didn't seat on the taper, and that will shear a key real quick!..  I swear some people shouldn't be allowed to have boats, let alone work on them!..  |
I'll take that as a shot  |
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