I am posting this since Dennis26 has not gotten around to it, but we would like feedback on why this might have occurred...IE: the propshaft twisted and split clean off. Has anybody seen this before, Any info would be appreciated.
Story goes; Dennis26 was pulling out of Thompson's Bay on Saturday and as he is starting to put the stick down and roll over on plane right outside the bouys , RPM's start shooting up and he loses momentum. Immediately puts the boat in Neutral and checks to see the drive or prop....Prop and part of the prop shaft are missing.
Boat is a 2002 DCB Mach 26 pushing approximately 725-750 HP....Drive is a stock Bravo 1; 1.5 gears running a Labbed 30" Merc 4 Blade Bravo
Have you ever seen a shaft twist and shear off as such, and what might cause it? What is the ballpark figure to replace it?
They did not hit anything, just getting on plane.
Any info would be appreciated?