v-drive coupler

[cjromero77]

I noticed a vibration and cut the engine. when I did, the boat would not drive, but reved. The dealer told me to check and see if the bolts to the coupler had come loose.

they were off and the shaft was loose. However I could only find two bolts. The problem is that the bolts look like the were sheared. But they are sheared at the exact same place. Not only that, but the bolts looked slightly chewed on.

I can't tell, but if they are sheared, half the bolt must still be in the coupler which is a big problem.

Has anyone seen this? Does it make sense that the bolt would actually shear. I could see if they cut the bolts to fit which is completely ghetto. This is a 2005 22V Demo boat with only 40 hours

Has anyone heard of this type of problem with the 22V

Thanks,
Chris

[xpjim1]

I had a similar problem with my 05 24V. I was told that the V-drive bolts backed out. I never even looked for them. Took the boat to the dealer who fixed me up. Said it was common and they had a fix for it. They would do the fix on the 20 hour service. Mine came out about 15 hours.

[gman]

xpjim1
what is the fix?

[lee]

The shaft coupling changed and the bolts that were used were too short and did not go all the way thru the nylon lock nuts and would become loose.

[gman]

I have a 2005 24 v. Were all manuf dates subjected to this problem? If not what dates of manuf are included/excluded? How about some pictures of problem area.