What Happens When Drive Breaks Off?

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What Happens When Drive Breaks off Spiderman 2003 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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[Tony]

I'm sure Throttle Up can have them like new in no time.

 

[txriverrat2001]

Should of seen the Arnesons props, shaft etc... when the tie bar snapped - at speed .... it was UGLY

 

[Wrinkleface]

There was a 42 Beaker at Boyne Thunder Poker Run last summer that had that same thing happen, port drive also!!!!

 

[Clustergear]

Hey at least you still got the drive and hardware, Last time we hit a lobster pot at 100 mph the lower unit sheared off. Never to be seen again.(Outboard)

 

[Geronimo36]

Should of seen the Arnesons props, shaft etc... when the tie bar snapped - at speed .... it was UGLY

I thought they never break??:ack2:


Oh yeah that's right, EVERYTHING can break!!

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Hey, Jeff. Since you asked ! LOL This happened amongst the 30,000 Islands ( half of them are lurking just below the surface ) on Georgian Bay, CAN. back in 2002. As for what happens, the starboard drive was just hanging by the tie bars and had it come completely off the bellows would have ripped and the boat sank.

Bob

 

[Clustergear]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ouch

 

[boostbros]

i was on a georgian bay run where a guy sank it was a 32 or 36 foot cat.(aluminum) we tied or big fender to our 200 foot ancor line then tied it to the nose eye after about 20 min it went under the rope keep going faster like a jaws movie suddenly the bouy went under later we found out it was about 350 feet of water.... it sure is beautiful up there i took me a few years to learn how to say pennataushine...we used to run a 4 engine shadow cat and we broke the center midcases many times losing speedmaster lower units and merc props the 2 engines running in the tunnel had no protection and merc midcases suck...we accidently went over a reef in orillia seems the canadians do a few things different up there like mark the ends of a reef with a red and green bouy we lined up and went in the middle i still can see the ducks standing when you see air underneath them you know something is very wrong...!

 

[OneBadInjun]

Bob, you win the prize by far.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

i was on a georgian bay run where a guy sank it was a 32 or 36 foot cat.(aluminum) we tied or big fender to our 200 foot ancor line then tied it to the nose eye after about 20 min it went under the rope keep going faster like a jaws movie suddenly the bouy went under later we found out it was about 350 feet of water.... it sure is beautiful up there i took me a few years to learn how to say pennataushine...we used to run a 4 engine shadow cat and we broke the center midcases many times losing speedmaster lower units and merc props the 2 engines running in the tunnel had no protection and merc midcases suck...we accidently went over a reef in orillia seems the canadians do a few things different up there like mark the ends of a reef with a red and green bouy we lined up and went in the middle i still can see the ducks standing when you see air underneath them you know something is very wrong...!

He, he. Sorry you did not understand our way of doing things. Actually things are marked same as US pretty much. A paper chart would have shown the shoal I'm sure.

When I took my drives out I was coming off the open bay into the small craft channel, had a paper chart in my hand, had my chart plotter for reference and my eye on the markers then wham!! Shortly after it happened a native towboat idled over and with a big smile on their face said " may we help you?" I used to wonder if they moved a bouy to drum up some business but more likely a natural reluctance to admit "I screwed up!"

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Bob, you win the prize by far.

Great. Another trophy ! LOL

Anyone want to sign up for our summer 2009 Georgian Bay Tour? Day one is thru the 30,000 Islands.

 

[obsessed1]

Hey, Jeff. Since you asked ! LOL This happened amongst the 30,000 Islands ( half of them are lurking just below the surface ) on Georgian Bay, CAN. back in 2002. As for what happens, the starboard drive was just hanging by the tie bars and had it come completely off the bellows would have ripped and the boat sank.

Bob

Bob,

There is a 50 nor-tech, yellow hull, triple b-maxes and 650's for sale in my area. It looks similar to the one in your photos, but it has different paint on the hullsides. Could it be the same boat? How fast was yours?

Thanks, Rob

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Bob,

There is a 50 nor-tech, yellow hull, triple b-maxes and 650's for sale in my area. It looks similar to the one in your photos, but it has different paint on the hullsides. Could it be the same boat? How fast was yours?

Thanks, Rob

I did a deal with Nor Tech in 2003 where they took the boat in on trade for a new 50 they built to my specs. It then was sold by them to a guy in Chicago area. He had it painted and then I kinda lost track of it. I forget top speed but somewhere around 85 MPH, I think. Can't be sure if its the same boat or not. Once saw a pic of it on the Chicago Powerboat Club website. When I wiped out the drives I had XR's installed. It originally had Bravo drives on it. Didn't take me long to blow those up. Tried XR's, B Max and back to XR's. What a lot of people don't know is that I chewed up 9 drives plus killed those 3 on the rock for a total of 12 drives in 15 months. LOL Boat was way too heavy for anything but a No. 6 drive.
Bob

 

[Rik]

I thought they never break??:ack2:


Oh yeah that's right, EVERYTHING can break!!

Hey, I though only your stuff breaks:rofl:

If a tie bar broke, a tie bar broke. It's just at stainless tube.

What was the boat and tie bar? If it was an express cat, then blame that on them as they made their own junk.:sifone:

 

[MOBILEMERCMAN]

Bob, you win the prize by far.

You can consider yourself lucky when you break them off and don't sink.

If you have twins not staggered the drive may be lying on the trim tab.

 

[Tony]

Some friends of mine broke one on a 38 Scarab, bellhousing broke, ripped the bellows and the boat started sinking. Luckily they were close enough to shore to get it in and beach the boat.

 

[MattBMiller]

Ouch!!

 

[Ratickle]

What a lot of people don't know is that I killed a total of 12 drives in 15 months. Bob

Is that all? You must have quit trying.....:ack2:

 

[Griswald]

"Um, yeah....Progressive? I've had a little accident and need to file a claim."