Broken housing on lower unit
 

When pulling my sonic out of the water this weekend i found the housing where the drive shower goes through was cracked and the shower just hanging there. I did not hit anything all weekend. After a few *&%!#@, i relaxed and tried to figure out what the hell happened. The boat was launched a few times on sunday in choppy water. Could the pressure of re-entry snap the shower from the housing? More importantly, how should i fix it? Can it be welded , and should i weld the shower into the drive or weld the drive and re-drill the hole?

Thanks

anybody?

Are you talking about the cavitation plate? If so it can be welded. I have never heard of one cracking unless you backed into something!

JB

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YOu got something between the prop and the shower and it popped the hole out the side.
Weld it up and redrill the hole.
Check your prop - I bet you have a slightly bent blade.

I'll second that! Maybe the shower slipped down and the prop hit it. There should be some marks on something if this happened. No marks=a piece of wood or a fish got caught between the prop and the pickup.

No big deal to weld a new piece in. Now tie your shoes

Thanks guys for the help. Guess i'll start welding, after i tie my shoes of course.:)