I can't believe this. Today was absolutely perfect 80's not a cloud in the sky, light breeze. Ofcourse I have to work until 5:00pm. Fly home, get the wife motivated, hook the boat for a dinner cruise, Fuel the boat up, unload the boat, wait for the wife who's bringing up the rear (with a 2 and a 3 year old). O.K while I have a minute I'll do a quick fluid check. Everything looks Great. WOW! the wife pulls up and gets the kids onboard. The kids head down to the "fort" a.k.a. V-berth. It's about 6:15 and it's still 70-75. I'm thinkin' were a little late getting on the water but what the hell. We head out and start cruising, really just putting around (25-30mph). We were headed for a restaurant on the water. They serve one of the best Rib-eyes I've had. My mouth was really watering. The kids were under control, The beer was cold. The wife was happy. The sun was smiling. BAAAMMMMM, ping ping ping ping ping ping ping ping ping. What the $#%&(!!! Oh man sounds like a rod. Son of a B!tch. Take a closer look and listen. Good oil pressure. Dipstick looks good. Prop still able to turn. Water temp good. All belts intact. I can't figure what the hell happened. Turn the boat around (no power steering, shut down one engine) head for home. When we got back I figured I would check the drive for any thumps or cluncks. Sure enough, I can feel the vibration from the upper drive. THANK GOD IT"S ONLY A COUPLER!! My boat has 50 hrs and I blow a coupler ( I think) . What kind of chit is that. I thought those bravo's were the cats a$$. I've only got 496's (375). I thought they were supposed to handle something like 500h.p and 650 foot lbs. of torque. I wasd cruising 25 and mine gives out. The morale of the story.....When you think your going to eat Rib-eye sometimes its better to eat peanut butter and jelly with a glass of milk. Drink one for me!
I had a problem with my outdrive a couple weeks ago, and it sounding just like you were explaining. Hopefully yours will not be what mine was. My complete upper unit was trashed, I had to install a complete unit to fix my problem. Good luck with the repairs.
If it is the coupler, you drive alignment is probably off. See if you motor mounts are loose also. Pull the drive and try and get an alignment tool in there.
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RESULTS ARE IN: The entire upperdrive is JUNK! Gears, teeth from gears, Metal every where. Some people think it dumb buying new boats but let me tell you I'm glad it's under warranty! Boat will be ready for the 4th.
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