Bravo 1 Vibration in forward drive not reverse??
08-13-2014, 08:58 PM
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Bravo 1 Vibration in forward drive not reverse??
Noticed a vibration in the outdrive when shifting into forward..... reverse seems to be fine? This was noticed only at idle putting my boat on the lift but it was enough for me to feel that something may be wrong? I did not notice anything while driving the boat but lets just say there were a lot of "distractions'!
Here is where I went wrong, I had 8 people and 2 dogs on board and it took about 3/4 throttle or more to get the boat to plane. Tabs full down and drive all the way in and it took a while for the 26ZX to plane. I only cruised at 3,000rpm in a 2-3 ft chop but I think I may have put a little too much stress on the Bravo 1? Motor is a newly built 509 making around 575-600ft/lbs of torque...... I have no experience with drives or props and I am using a 26P that was recently cleaned/welded, and buffed and it has performed perfectly so far...... Does this sound like the hub may be on the way out?
Here is where I went wrong, I had 8 people and 2 dogs on board and it took about 3/4 throttle or more to get the boat to plane. Tabs full down and drive all the way in and it took a while for the 26ZX to plane. I only cruised at 3,000rpm in a 2-3 ft chop but I think I may have put a little too much stress on the Bravo 1? Motor is a newly built 509 making around 575-600ft/lbs of torque...... I have no experience with drives or props and I am using a 26P that was recently cleaned/welded, and buffed and it has performed perfectly so far...... Does this sound like the hub may be on the way out?
08-13-2014, 09:16 PM
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Damn, TBF, are you trying to have your own version of a Cuban refugee boat down there? 
Doesn't seem likely to me that you hurt the drive just by doing that - you have to figure those huge-azz cruisers are pushing weight like that around all the time with Bravos. Any chance you could have hit something and not noticed with all the "distractions"?
Doesn't seem likely to me that you hurt the drive just by doing that - you have to figure those huge-azz cruisers are pushing weight like that around all the time with Bravos. Any chance you could have hit something and not noticed with all the "distractions"?
