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So after 100+ hours this year of use, I float the boat off the trailer today on the 2nd hottest day of the year so far. Fire it up to let it warm while I park the trailer. I load up the family, the kids un-tie the ropes, push off and jump on. I put it into reverse and ............. NADA! Nothing......zilch.

Then the growling metallic sound muffled by the water became apparent.

So.........we loaded it back up, trekked over to my mech-a-nics home to hear the upper clutch/tranny took a dump.

Took us 60 minutes to tear it down and find the damage.

First guess is $500-600 in parts.

Sierra makes all the aftermarket parts you will ever need.

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That BLOWS, sorry dude!

As a local pacific northwestern I truly understand the need to seize the sunshine days that we have as few as they are. Well, I was out there and didn't have any major problems, although I have an rpm issue I will post in another thread I hope you and others can help me with.

Your tranny is a bummer, sorry to hear it. Good thing you have a good mechanic huh?

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Where do you live (and play) ?

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Nephew just called and offered us the use of his 2009 24' mb sport . Wife and kids are all happy again.

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We are up near Olympia Washington. We were on the Puget sound today near Allyn with mount Rainier on one side and the Olympic Mtns on the other. Days like this remind us why we put up with this place!:wink_thumbup:

You know what they say, only thing better than having a boat , is having a friend with one!:yes_grin:

Nice the nephew came through.

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I also reminded him it was "pay back" time. His last 3 boats he's picked up in LA and drove my excursion to tow them back.

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OUch I hope I can pull off some decent weather here for my holidays without any more issues this season.

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tore it apart Saturday night and the clutch and gears (fwd & reverse) are wasted. Theyve been damaged for a while, it was just a matter of time til they went.

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Ouch. So sorry to hear that, dude. Hope you can get it back on the water soon. Having so few good boating days up here in the PNW makes one want to be out as much as we can and to lose even one with such a major issue is disheartening. But glad that you were at least able to get out on the other boat.

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Sanukc

where are you located and where do you boat ?

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Heck you guys think you have short summers with few boating days try being in my neck of the woods. lol

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in portland, we can usually get in a few days in March, the same for April, then a week or so in May and a couple in June. But when July-August hit, it's usually a non stop event only controlled by the cost of fuel and the thickness of your wallet. But this has sucked bad. A nice day before the 4th of July meant only NO rain. Colder overcast days with some sun breaks

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I think we are all in the northwest getting that same kinda crap usually in BC can get the boat on the water end of April and leave it to Oct. of course pretty cool first and last month, the way this year is going will have to winterize end of August or eaarly Sept.

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Oregondune,

hey, we are from portland also, spend a lot of time on the Columbia, Lake Merwin and Prineville. Sorry to hear about your outdrive, bummer

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now that Ive got it all torn down to the ground, Im replacing just about every wear-albe there is. U-Joints, Billows, Gimble bearing, upper and lower seals and bearings. that way i can check it off my list for a couple of years.

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Might as well like you say then your good for a couple atleast. If you don't mind letting me know what all you did and the cost when your done if this fin doesn't hold up I may just suck it up and by the color of the fluids I changed out I may just go for an x drive next so hp will be no issue later on lol.

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Found a couple of other issues that may have been earlier miscues. The bell housing is cracked, so there goes another $733. Gimble bearing and drive shaft u-joints were NEVER serviced, so there's another $150. Drive shaft looks newer and the bell housing looks original.

Those of you with larger (23+ footers) that have BBC power and bravo 3 drives. Do yourself a HUGE favor and have your drive removed and completely serviced this winter. Most of us have boats that are 10+ years old and the drive u-joints have probably never been lubed. failure can be catastrophic in financial terms. the cost should only be labor. 2.75 hours times shop rate, plus some grease. $225-250, add in the water pump impeller your bill should be around $400.

My best guess for me at this moment is around $2000.00, but it will all be fixed right and fresh as a daisy.

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Yeah I crawled around my engine bay and found some grease fittings on that drive shaft but the only way to service those u joints I would bet is drop the out drive and pull it.

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Oh while your on Oregon when I looked up the smart tabs they didn't show for over 25' boats did you just use the largest ones?

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yep thats how it's done

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YES, the largest they make. However, if you decide to do this, let me give you some advice.

First, dont over "shock" them. Go with a lighter setup and just adjust them to a striffer setting.

Second, dont set the initial setting to 24 degrees. Start with 15. 24 is wayyyy to steep and take a lot of pressure to flatten them out. otherwise, they drag too much and will slow you down.

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No one puts grease fittings on any more parts lasted to long that way lol

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back on the water today and WOW....what a difference a fresh drive is. I cant imagine what kind of vibration I had, cause now its all gone. I fell in love all over again.

Dont have the bill yet, but Im sure it will be around $2200 when all said and done.