Propshaft Runout
#11
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Its under warranty, send it back. Not sure if they'll repair or replace the unit as a whole. But it'll either give them the opportunity to look at the gears for that small chance of damage during a repair, or they'll be replaced if the unit is just replaced.
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phone call from warrantee manager : "hello, mr. psi ? we recieved your prop shaft back and it sure looks like somebody beat the sht out of it w/ a hammer ... "
mr psi : " [I]well... my buddies told me you would still warrantee it if i sledgehammered it a few times ..."
warantee manager : " sorry our warrantees don't include monumental willfull stupidity . just give us a credit card number and we'll ship your new one our right away "
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phone call from warrantee manager : "hello, mr. psi ? we recieved your prop shaft back and it sure looks like somebody beat the sht out of it w/ a hammer ... "
mr psi : " [I]well... my buddies told me you would still warrantee it if i sledgehammered it a few times ..."
warantee manager : " sorry our warrantees don't include monumental willfull stupidity . just give us a credit card number and we'll ship your new one our right away "
mr psi : " [I]well... my buddies told me you would still warrantee it if i sledgehammered it a few times ..."
warantee manager : " sorry our warrantees don't include monumental willfull stupidity . just give us a credit card number and we'll ship your new one our right away "
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It was a freak thing I think. I am thinking it was a side impact. It happened as I was swinging the boat around in the marina canal, to put the bow into the wind. No damage, not even a nick to the skeg. But the prop is a mess.
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phone call from warrantee manager : "hello, mr. psi ? we recieved your prop shaft back and it sure looks like somebody beat the sht out of it w/ a hammer ... "
mr psi : " [I]well... my buddies told me you would still warrantee it if i sledgehammered it a few times ..."
warantee manager : " sorry our warrantees don't include monumental willfull stupidity . just give us a credit card number and we'll ship your new one our right away "
mr psi : " [I]well... my buddies told me you would still warrantee it if i sledgehammered it a few times ..."
warantee manager : " sorry our warrantees don't include monumental willfull stupidity . just give us a credit card number and we'll ship your new one our right away "
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I measured it with a dial indicator that was attached to an adjustable arm, that has a set of clamping pliers on the other end. I took the measurement on the smooth part of the shaft directly behind the splined area. Ideally I would have measured the runout at the end of the shaft, but I needed the nut on there in order to have something to turn the shaft with. So given this, .010" runout wear I measured, probably is even more out toward the end of the shaft..