sick engine room explosion- HD Miss GEICO onboard
If you are wondering what happened. Take a moment to watch this Go Pro vid
http://youtu.be/mb8IoTOrh9M www.facebook.com/missgeico Note: The failed driveshaft U-Joint was not a Mercury Racing supplied part |
Wicked!!
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What let lose the U joint?
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Nothing lasts !!!
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Originally Posted by TYPHOON
(Post 4106052)
What let lose the U joint?
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I wondered what happened to ya... hope it's an easy fix.
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I don't think its the yoke, or u-joints, I think the motor locked up, but the props were still spinning incredibly fast, causing the drive shaft to blow out of the housing...
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The rear u joint failed. as you can see it decimated the shroud and wiped out a 2 inch thick carbon stringer not to mention the tranny, drive plate bell housing etc
. I think the HP numbers everyone is used to seeing nowadays have desensitized us to the amazing forces at work in our boats this vid clearly depicts the violence when it is unleashed somewhere other than the prop. Stray and the boys will have her fixed and turned around for Biloxi in a week and a half...now thats amazing stuff |
How much horsepower is going through that single shaft? Looks like that is the current weakest link in the chain?
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Nasty!
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