Jim your my idol :LOL22: Just this weekend we were doing some spring cleaning and my wife was complaining about all the rod & reels laying around everywhere and about the left over pickets from the wood fence I just completed. The two end peices look just like the pickets. :-k This just might...
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Not sure if this maybe what you are looking for? Hope this may help. :D Sorry if the link does not work i'm new at this. [-o<
After you look at the shear pin like gamefisher suggested I would then move on to the gear box. My only experenice with shear pins are when they break you lose all power from the prop. But I think the shear pin is the place to start.