Broke reed

[marshrunner757]

Sucked a reed into my middle cylinder on my 40 merc last Saturday. Thanks to Jake Ziegler I'm loading up now and about to go break in the rebuild. Fast turnaround and reasonable pricing. I've seen a lot of his work in the past and he does some excellent work.uploadfromtaptalk1364482539893.jpg

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[BassYakR]

Ouch

Samsung Galaxy S3 (Android dominating the world!)

[marshrunner757]

Lol, yea wasn't a good feeling at all.
Will be changing reeds yearly now and also switching to Chris Carson reeds.
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[huntin fool]

What reeds were you running?

[marshrunner757]

Stock mercury reeds. Chris Carson reeds are a fiber. If a pedal breaks off, the motor will just chew it up and spit it out. Replace reeds and you're back on the water. Jake recommended them.

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[Top Dawg]

Hope yours works out better than mine after my first burn up the main bearing got hot and burn up 3 more times after that.

[Montauk17]

Had that happen to me before....now every 2 stroke I own has carbon fiber reeds. They do help performance as well,nothing major but a improvement.

[marshrunner757]

He checked/inspected all the bearings. Didn't even scar the cylinder. I was very lucky.

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[Shallow Runner]

Thanks for the tip on the Chris Carson reeds. I hate to hear that for ya.