CaptainMak
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2012
- Messages
- 294
Being a first year boater, (read newb), I started to take the boat out out of water on a ramp, then realized that the drive was down. By then it was too late, and when I lifted the drive up and pulled the boat out of the water, one of the prop blades was broken off 1/4 of it. Please don't judge me... :facepalm:
After this incident, the boat seems to be taking on water into the bilge. Seems to be doing this when docked and the motor off than when running it on the lake and when the motor is off.
Here's the question: Could the stress on the drive at the ramp have caused the drive to separate from the stern somehow or maybe the stress did something to the gasket where the drive mounts to the gimbal ring ? I do see a bead of silicone around the whole gimbal housing from the previous owner but not sure if it has anything to do with this or not.
Is there an easy way to check out this seal out of water?
After this incident, the boat seems to be taking on water into the bilge. Seems to be doing this when docked and the motor off than when running it on the lake and when the motor is off.
Here's the question: Could the stress on the drive at the ramp have caused the drive to separate from the stern somehow or maybe the stress did something to the gasket where the drive mounts to the gimbal ring ? I do see a bead of silicone around the whole gimbal housing from the previous owner but not sure if it has anything to do with this or not.
Is there an easy way to check out this seal out of water?
