I heard a major buzzing noise in the boat coming to the boat ramp. When I powered down for the no wake zone I was hearing a loud clanking noise. I pulled it out of gear and it quit. Put it in reverse and it started doing it again. The clanking gets faster as you put more RPMs to it. It is definatley coming from the outdrive. Anyone have a clue what this might be. The boat is a 2002 25 Outlaw with a 496 and a Bravo one outdrive. 140 hrs.

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Could be a few different things, none of them good or cheap. Time to get the drive off and to someone who can pull it down and take a look. If I had to quess, upper gear set and/or bearings. Is your prop tight? Prop shaft tight? No movement side to side or in and out?

Sounds like the typical Bravo One failure. My guess would also be the upper gear set. The clanking could be the u-joints but I'm leaning toward upper gear set...especially if it kills when you put it in gear. Will not be a cheap repair bill . Sorry to hear of your misfortune. Let us know when you have it officially diagnosed.

He said it stopped clanking when he puts it in neutral so I doubt u-joints. Have a cocktail, take a deep breath, youll need it.

Dont run it anymore until it gets looked at.

Its probably dead, same sound form mine when the upper gears grenaded. Take your top cap off and look inside, you'll probably see chuncks of metal.

The clanking is prob a tooth missing off the pinon gear

Good luck and sorry

Rob

Yep. Blown upper gear set. Several teeth missing when it was taken apart. Lucky enough I have the extended warranty. Should only cost me my $25.00 deductible. Bad thing is Memorial weekend is just around the corner. Hopefully I have it back by then.

Damn, wish I had warranty. Congrats, you just saved about $2K.

Formula31... I still have some gas money.. when we going to Put In Bay or Kelley's?????????? Never been to Kelley's.