G23 Prop Fell Off .....

[scottb7]

I think the guy that sold me my boat was 2nd owner and probably did not transfer warranty. he probably felt lucky that nautique covered the parts. but guarantee he did NOT know it was a known problem. he just not into forums and research and that kind of thing.

[Evening Shade]

Whoa!! 3x prop shafts replaced all on Nautiques? Did this include the prop as well? No warranty coverage? I must say, thats disappointing?

Roberts Linavskis In post #9 of this thread said it recently happened to him for the 3rd time. I don't know how Nautique handled any of those occurrences.

[Evening Shade]

Why would anyone have to pay labor for this issue if it happens to an original owner?

I don't know. Some are saying that Nautique was only willing to cover parts and the owner was responsible for labor. Doesn't seem right to me.

[gmdog2]

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!

Whoa!! 3x prop shafts replaced all on Nautiques? Did this include the prop as well? No warranty coverage? I must say, thats disappointing?

[markj]

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!

Why would anyone have to pay labor for this issue if it happens to an original owner?

[JoeA]

I am going to speculate that this is still happening and others are worried about posting to the forum as this is embarrassing for an owner to talk about.

[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!

[d_nodixon]

Embarrassing, will stick with my 230

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[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...

[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]

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.

[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]

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?

[heel5man]

H6 here


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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?