I'm pretty sure I hit something while cruising. shortly there after there was a rough/violent vibration. I shut it down and got towed in. I noticed a small dent in the prop( bravo with a solid hub ). Is it possible that the gears could have broke and the prop only has a minor dent in one blade?

I Removed the drive and while rotating the drive shaft you can feel it skip a gear. This happens in forward and reverse.

Thanks.



CC in drive section

Yes - it also can bend a prop shaft.

Absolutly, The tip of the prop has alot of leverage (on what is a pretty small gear) a good strike on the prop is magnified by the time it get to the gear, Leverage I guess is what I'm thinkin

Hell yes! turn it in to your ins if you have under water ins..they will cover it if your prop blade is bent....

Not sure if this helps but I have a similar situation. I hit a rock this past Saturday and took out the forward gear and apparently messed up the bearing case and stressed everything else. I'm staring at a $3,900 redo now.....

I cant believe how many people don't carry under water coverage and its cheap too!

I'm calling my insurance company for underwater right now lol. Didn't even know it existed.