G23 Prop Fell Off .....

[Longhorn1186]

Haha at the comment about the shaft. Thanks, all worked out ok. Its being fixed now at their cost not mine. I was just posting it as a heads up to others.

[skye6969]

Thought this was not an issue anymore?


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[RDT-G23]

Since they came about, I have always liked forums like Planet Nautique. For whatever topic or product I am "into", they are an unequaled source of information, fellowship, humor, etc. Having said all of this, they can be a bit depressing as well. When one reads about all of the prop-shaft failures early on, and now to see them reoccurring...it is both depressing and concerning...

[scottb7]

Yeah, my confusion is I thought that upgrading from 1-1/8 to 1-1/4 fixed the problem...But quite obviously it did not. I think at this point we can conclusively say it did NOTHING.

[Schwiiing]

Well ****. I am having mine replaced as I type this and now see that it could happen again and again. WTH. Nautique should find the issue and replace/repair with an updated shaft so this NEVER happens......twice.

[NautiqueJeff]

It still seems to be happening, although less than before. I know of a 2016 G23 that this happened to last week.

This is the first one I have seen that isn't completely broken off. At least you didn't lose your prop! Almost everyone else with this issue did.

[heel5man]

We have a 2017 G23 that broke the prop shaft in 80 feet of water a few weeks ago and had to get towed home. About 70 hours on the boat. A fellow 2017 G23 owner had the same experience a few months earlier. I'm told they had issues with the "early 2017" production, but it sounds like it's just an ongoing issue with Nautique over the years.


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[sarasetp]

At what boat hours does this seem to happen? Or asked another way, if you have xxx hours on your boat, you should be in the clear because it shouldn't happen if you have passed that mark on boat hours.


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2016 G23

[vacooley]

Wow.


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[Evening Shade]

Wow. This is amazing to me that this is still happening. Has any explanation to the cause of this been given?

I assume it it has to do with the amount of torque put on the shaft by a large prop moving a heavy boat with a powerful engine, but it still seems like there would have to be some flaw in the metal of the shaft causing areas of weakness.

I'm curious, is it mostly occurring with boats that have the 550 engine or is it occurring regardless of HP rating? Is it happening with G21s or just G23 & G25?

Has this happened with any other tow boat manufacturers?

[heel5man]

H6 here


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[scottb7]

Former owner of my boat which is g21 with 409 had this happen...I keep the trolling motor he left me in the boat....plenty of room for it in a g...

Has anyone had it happen twice?

[Roberts Linavskis]

Former owner of my boat which is g21 with 409 had this happen...I keep the trolling motor he left me in the boat....plenty of room for it in a g...

Has anyone had it happen twice?

Happened to me already for the 3rd time recently on the G23 2015 450



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[scottb7]

Literally, OMG! Shame on Nautique. I hope you didn't have to pay parts or labor. My former owner paid labor, but parts were provided. Seems like BS that anyone would ever have to pay parts or labor when so obviously a known problem.

[Outdoorjp]

Sounds like it's the bigger motors or bigger boats.
Probably should have been engineered with larger diameter shafts and bigger bore prop hole.

[scottb7]

you are aware that shaft was already upgraded for this problem from 1-1/8" to 1-1/4"? you don't think nautique would roll out a fix that did not fix the problem?

yeah, they did.

Being a simple person, my issue with this is also simple. I would like them to man-up and admit they have a problem, and like other companies (Samsung) just say that they will pay for x years or hours for both parts and labor. I don't expect them to do it forever. But for a certain period of time...although I have heard that some dealers will upgrade shaft for free...but I would like this to be a mfg notice to the public, not just dealer rumor...

[d_nodixon]

Embarrassing, will stick with my 230

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[Evening Shade]

Literally, OMG! Shame on Nautique. I hope you didn't have to pay parts or labor. My former owner paid labor, but parts were provided. Seems like BS that anyone would ever have to pay parts or labor when so obviously a known problem.

I totally agree with this. Nautique should cover parts and labor. This is clearly a known issue and not user error. Dealers should be putting the heat on Nautique to cover labor. If I was on my 3rd prop shaft and I had to pay labor on all of them my next boat wouldn't be a Nautique!