Broken U Joint
 

Merc 575sci w/ bravo XZ on a 29' fountain.
Lovely boat, delivers every time.... never had a problem like this in 5 years.

Heard a noise, put in neutral.... revved up, no noise, put in gear, cruised at 3000 rpm for 60 seconds then bang, noise, and no forward.....

Now when i start it, it bangs and clanks....... sounds like a broken U joint.... it's loud.


What do you think? I won't have my trailer and truck down here (NJ Shore) Until Thursday.... although I'm tempted to go home and get it now, so I know what happened.... It's on a pontoon boat lift and I'm not interested in working on it over the water.

Should I have it fixed by a u joint shop or just buy a new part? It's like $1000!!!! WTF!!!!

Call MRD up on Long Island. One time I sent in a SSMIII upper for re-gearing, and Skip threw in a new U-joint because he didn't like the looks of the old one, and only charged me $400 for the whole job.