G23 V-drive issues need some help

[chelms2206]

I started having a slight vibration when putting the boat into gear but would go away as the rpm's got higher. Then it started making a ticking noise from the area of the v-drive coupler. Looked on the bottom the shaft appears straight and no other damage to the bottom. I haven't hit anything in the water. The prop one time was throwing up mud and sand as i got in shallow water before i realized it but never heard anything hit. Any ideas what may be going on with it? I first thought a bent shaft but like i said i can't see any damage or anything. Its been at the dealership for 2 weeks and with no sort of answers or anything. Of course its not the dealer where i bought it from as I'm 10 hours from home so they have fixed every boat in Arkansas and not touched mine. Any help would be appreciated.

[nyryan2001]

case of beer says you have a slight bend in your prop. It may have been when you kicked up mud, or it could have been from hitting a branch or log in the water. these props are soft. all of them are by design.

Have the dealer throw another prop on there and take it for a test run. that will verify, takes 5 mins to swap a prop. If yours is bent, either buy another, or send your prop to Nettles and have them rebalance it for $150. or do both and have a spare.

[81nautique]

Agree with the damaged prop. You would be surprised how slight a ding can add that little vibration to your steering wheel when powering up, It goes away almost instantly with a few rpms. You will feel it even more when loaded.

[swankster]

Prop --- That make three of us.

[chelms2206]

A bent prop would cause the ticking noise around the v-drive coupler too?

[nyryan2001]

^^^ could be a symptom.

Grab the low hanging fruit, swap the prop and verify that. move on from there, that could be done before the end of today.

[chelms2206]

alright thanks. i will probably be doing the swap myself as they haven't been very helpful at all. I appreciate the help.