jamesgangnc wrote:
I run stainless. Many lakes the se have low spots with soft bottoms.
Stainless tolerates groundings at low speeds as long as it's not rock.

confessingly, that was my problem. I was running at speed and hit
something like a stump or rock.

Took the lower end gears and turned them to the consistancy of metal
hamburger.

I figure if I was running an aluminum prop and the same thing had
happened I know it would have demolished the prop, but chances are the
lower end would have been ok