V2 Turbo mirage drive steel mast broke - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

da22y · 05-29-2016, 03:47 PM

Hobie kayakers , consider yourself blessed if this never happened to you yet.

9am this morning, 4 miles out in La Jolla, my twin turbo power engine mirage drive broke. ( see picture)

Maybe I should buy a spare mirage drive just in case.
Paddle a Hobie kayak four miles back is no joke, and no fun.

Some will said just have a spare mast on kayak, well , not easy !
I have to use vise grip at home and spent a lot of effort just to have that broken piece out.

In picture you'll see the other rod also develop some pin holes around the stressed area, that mast is about to go soon..

ful-rac · 05-29-2016, 06:01 PM

That's why you bring extra parts...in your case a sprocket and a mast and tools.

Harry Hill · 05-29-2016, 06:43 PM

Is that mast hollow? I can't tell from the picture.

Deamon · 05-29-2016, 07:07 PM

From experience, lol...if you accidentally bend a fin rod, seems easy enough to just bend it right back. But you've stressed the hardened steel rod and it could break off entirely at the wrong time. Save yourself the headache and replace it as soon as you have the chance. Jim

da22y · 05-29-2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Deamon

From experience, lol...if you accidentally bend a fin rod, seems easy enough to just bend it right back. But you've stressed the hardened steel rod and it could break off entirely at the wrong time. Save yourself the headache and replace it as soon as you have the chance. Jim

This 2012 drive never bent before, always taken out b4 landing, always rinse off at the the beach.

Salt water + 4 years+ my super strong legs = broken mast

ful-rac · 05-29-2016, 08:38 PM

Time to put together a repair kit...it's like having a spare tire for your car

da22y · 05-29-2016, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry Hill

Is that mast hollow? I can't tell from the picture.

Not hollow, solid stainless steel. $23 plus tax plus shipping each single mast.

Harry Hill · 05-30-2016, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by da22y

Not hollow, solid stainless steel. $23 plus tax plus shipping each single mast.

solid stainless with pitting, looks like a manufacturing flaw to me.

2-Stix · 05-30-2016, 01:23 PM

stainless can pit with sand and salt build up. not in the manufacturing process. it was just wear and tear. i would asume you put in 30 days a year?

i just installed the turbo fins, and i put a little anti seize marine grease mix down the mast as i had light rusting.

05-29-2016, 06:01 PM	#2
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	That's why you bring extra parts...in your case a sprocket and a mast and tools. __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

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Harry Hill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,136	Is that mast hollow? I can't tell from the picture. __________________ you can't eat it if you release it

05-29-2016, 07:07 PM	#4
Deamon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,972	From experience, lol...if you accidentally bend a fin rod, seems easy enough to just bend it right back. But you've stressed the hardened steel rod and it could break off entirely at the wrong time. Save yourself the headache and replace it as soon as you have the chance. Jim __________________ Recreational Fisherman's Catch...2% Commercial Fisherman's Catch- 98% Recreational Fishing Kayakers Catch- .00001% "The reality is that the wall was built to keep all Asians ~specifically Japanese and those that think they're japanese~ out of the U.S"

05-29-2016, 08:38 PM	#6
ful-rac Emperor Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buena Park Posts: 3,649	Time to put together a repair kit...it's like having a spare tire for your car __________________ There's nothing colder than yesterday's hotdog.

05-30-2016, 01:23 PM	#9
2-Stix Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Ventura, CA Posts: 376	stainless can pit with sand and salt build up. not in the manufacturing process. it was just wear and tear. i would asume you put in 30 days a year? i just installed the turbo fins, and i put a little anti seize marine grease mix down the mast as i had light rusting.