Table Rock Don't Like Me This Fall!

[Atta]

2 weeks ago I went to table rock and the starter went out. Came out today and blew the lower unit! Did manage to catch 2 good smallies and a keeper KY.

[5bites]

Eh yuck. Table rock has some of my lower unit parts too around point 7. No good.

[J-Doc]

Ouch. That's way more expensive than a starter. Terrible news.

[Atta]

lol. Yeah Jdoc. Much more. Just replaced the alternator, seals in the steering, starter, and the battery. Might as well go for a new lower unit lol. O well. Get her do Ed and back soon

[merc1997 Bo]

ouch! that hurts.

5bites, you should go around point 7, not through it unless you are idling. i have watched boaters fly across that point for many years. many make it unscathed, but a few are casualties. even being careful and just idling, it is easy to catch a stump with the prop.

sometimes you just have a part failure. good time to remind those that do not, but if you fish quite a bit, it is cheap insurance to change the lower unit grease twice a year. sometimes this will allow you to catch a problem while it is a cheap fix.

bo

[5bites]

Thanks for the advice. I do run way way wide of point 7. I can't believe some don't actually. that's a mine field!

My lower unit basically grenaded on its own. Gears hanging out of the case and everything. Best part was it was just after leaving the launch of the Superbass I was in. So I paid the entry to drive a couple miles and trolling motor back lol.

[Atta]

Yeah. I just changed the lower unit gear oil before the first freezing temps just in case I had water in it. Oil looked great and noetak shavings. Just happens sometimes. Hope the insurance claim goes good. It will save me some money. Strange it went out without hitting anything. Shocked me a little but I'm sure it won't be the lady time I tear it up lol.

[theduerf]

I couldn't believe the amount of boats I saw in October fly over point 7. That place is scary. I go way wide around that one.

[Champ188]

Hope the insurance claim goes good. It will save me some money. Strange it went out without hitting anything.

How will insurance help if you didn't hit anything?

[fishinwrench]

How will insurance help if you didn't hit anything?

It won't.

If it blew a hole out the side of the housing then you broke a shift clutch or a pinion gear.

When you changed the gearlube did you put the plug with the magnet on the top, or the bottom ?

If you say "what magnet" then I think I know what caused your gear failure