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Hi all, I’m new to Malibu Crew. From what I’m seeing, you might be able to help. I recently hit my lift while reversing out of the lift. The prop got dinged up in the accident. When I went to take off the prop, the prop and shaft will spin independently. Did I mess up the whole shaft? Or do you think it’s just how the prop connects to the shaft? The weird part is when I was turning on the lock nut to get the prop off, the whole shaft would spin. Because of this, I can not get my prop off. Do you all have any thoughts?

Greetings all, I recently had an accident with my boat where a brutal storm almost sunk my boat. Thank God it sunk near a shore where it was retrievable. I'm in the process of repairing the damage. I was able to crank the engine up. Now I'm repairing the cosmetics and external damages. The boat was laying on the bottom of the lake, so most of the weight was on the propeller. I recently had the propeller repaired. Looks great. I took out it out for a test drive and notice a lot of vibrations on the boat. I'm guessing the shaft was bent. But I also notice that the boat prevented me from accelerating faster speeds. I know that there is a sensor that slows down the boat if services is needed. But I didn't know it was able to read the damage of the shaft. OR am I missing something else? Is the sensor indicating that something else is wrong, other than the shaft? So, I'm in the process of replacing the shaft. Please let me know what else I should replace or look into. Any info is greatly appreciated.