wadebmadden
New Member
Ok there is a maintenance question at the end of the story.......
So there I was, it was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon. I was out on the water and I was one of two boats on the lake. All of the sudden the engine siezed up, wouldnt start, lower unit would come up out of the water. I tried to hail the marina on the radio, but it was 5 minutes after closing time. Waved my distress flag, honked the horn, blew my whistle at the other boater, granted he was in a little flat bottom jon boat, he still couldve gave me a ride back to the car. He was ignoring me. His dog was going nuts, but he was ignoring me. Makes me wish I had the potato gun on the boat!!!! Any way, a local cop was crossing the nearby bridge and say my distress flag and stopped. through his bull horn and my flag signal skills we were able to communicate. He called the dispatch and they tried to get ahold of the marina. Any way, the had a couple of deputies launch a pontoon and come get me!!!! Saved me a couple hundred dollars in the process!!!!
Any way, in the Stringer I/O there is whats called a ball gear. It is sortof a universal joint that connects the engine to the stern drive. One half of this gear is sticking out of the transom the other half is on the outdrive. Any way, when I got it out of the water, that gear was just shredded to bits. I drag the boat home and start digging through the boxes that came with the boat when I got it,,,,,, While digging, I found 4 more of these gears that had been stripped....... Obviously this is a frequent occourance.
Should I just put it on a maintenance inspection schedule? Or is there a deeper problem I need to look at????
Thanks
Wade
So there I was, it was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon. I was out on the water and I was one of two boats on the lake. All of the sudden the engine siezed up, wouldnt start, lower unit would come up out of the water. I tried to hail the marina on the radio, but it was 5 minutes after closing time. Waved my distress flag, honked the horn, blew my whistle at the other boater, granted he was in a little flat bottom jon boat, he still couldve gave me a ride back to the car. He was ignoring me. His dog was going nuts, but he was ignoring me. Makes me wish I had the potato gun on the boat!!!! Any way, a local cop was crossing the nearby bridge and say my distress flag and stopped. through his bull horn and my flag signal skills we were able to communicate. He called the dispatch and they tried to get ahold of the marina. Any way, the had a couple of deputies launch a pontoon and come get me!!!! Saved me a couple hundred dollars in the process!!!!
Any way, in the Stringer I/O there is whats called a ball gear. It is sortof a universal joint that connects the engine to the stern drive. One half of this gear is sticking out of the transom the other half is on the outdrive. Any way, when I got it out of the water, that gear was just shredded to bits. I drag the boat home and start digging through the boxes that came with the boat when I got it,,,,,, While digging, I found 4 more of these gears that had been stripped....... Obviously this is a frequent occourance.
Should I just put it on a maintenance inspection schedule? Or is there a deeper problem I need to look at????
Thanks
Wade