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LA Mudder
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Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm Posts: 422 Location: Belle Chasse, LA
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 Bad Luck
So i put a brand new wheel on the motor and made a 10 mile run out to my camp (which is very close to BFE) with 4 guys and a bunch of crap in the boat, unloaded, and went for a ride by my self and my prop shaft sheared right at the last thread behind the jam nut as i was runnin. I swam around the bayou (about 2 feet deep) lookin for the prop for about 45 min... no luck. this ever happen to anyone before? and does anyone have a metal detector they could let me borrow?
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Thu May 13, 2010 7:31 pm |
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bundy
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:35 pm Posts: 1232 Location: souf louisiana
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 Re: Bad Luck
damn that sucks ... never heard that happen before
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Thu May 13, 2010 7:39 pm |
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jrp267
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:33 am Posts: 83 Location: Wyoming, MN
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 Re: Bad Luck
big magnet Isnt the shaft steel it should find it. providing it went in the water and not winging into neverland.
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Thu May 13, 2010 7:46 pm |
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GaugeTheDuckDog
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:55 pm Posts: 327
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 Re: Bad Luck
Happend to me with my prodrive.
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Thu May 13, 2010 8:31 pm |
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Old School
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 17, 2009 9:44 pm Posts: 3067 Location: Earth
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 Re: Bad Luck
I have a metal detecter you can use.
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Thu May 13, 2010 8:40 pm |
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LA Mudder
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm Posts: 422 Location: Belle Chasse, LA
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 Re: Bad Luck
I wish a magnet would work but stainless shaft and prop and nut.
_________________ 18x58 w/healthy GTR 35 "A good friend will bail you out of jail but a true friend will be sitting by you saying damn that was fun"
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Thu May 13, 2010 9:03 pm |
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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 Re: Bad Luck
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Thu May 13, 2010 9:24 pm |
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dog walker
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 pm Posts: 5282 Location: Meraux,La.
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 Re: Bad Luck
My buddy had the same thing happen to him one afternoon but he was in an area with dead trees. It broke in the same place with the same brand mm you have.
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Thu May 13, 2010 9:36 pm |
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LA Mudder
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Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm Posts: 422 Location: Belle Chasse, LA
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 Re: Bad Luck
Yeah i was runnin good water and didn't hit anything when it broke. A big thanks to SWM for comin to help me out in the middle of the night.
_________________ 18x58 w/healthy GTR 35 "A good friend will bail you out of jail but a true friend will be sitting by you saying damn that was fun"
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Thu May 13, 2010 9:57 pm |
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dead animal
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:18 pm Posts: 1726
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 Re: Bad Luck
lost a couple over the years, once with a outboard, when i jumped in to look for it i landed on it!!!!!
never found the one for the pd or the mudboat.
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Fri May 14, 2010 1:52 pm |
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DeathMetalDukk
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:50 pm Posts: 3777 Location: Knotts Island, North Carolina.
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 Re: Bad Luck
 That frikkinsux. Sounds like my luck. Never heard of a shaft just shearing off in open water.
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Sat May 15, 2010 11:28 pm |
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stumpgrinder
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:04 pm Posts: 1438
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 Re: Bad Luck
none of these props are pure stainless, a magnet will grab it. good luck
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Sun May 16, 2010 7:29 am |
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shallow water master
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Joined: Tue Jun 16, 2009 8:27 pm Posts: 1803 Location: Belle Chasse La.
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LA Mudder
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:18 pm Posts: 422 Location: Belle Chasse, LA
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 Re: Bad Luck
I went today and tried the metal detector... apparently it picks up every oyster shell, and i pulled around a small oyster dredge for a while and still no prop 
_________________ 18x58 w/healthy GTR 35 "A good friend will bail you out of jail but a true friend will be sitting by you saying damn that was fun"
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Sun May 16, 2010 7:58 pm |
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