Justification to always check impeller

Winterized this past weekend and pulled RWP to remove impeller - disconnected hose from trans cooler and two impeller blades fell out - got pump off and removed cover and found the rest of the pieces. There were two more blades hanging by about 1/8" to 1/4" of blade left. Haven't run the pump dry and this impeller was put in new in the spring. If you don't check you might be sorry. I took the boat out for about 30minutes on the water so I could get it hot to change oil for lay-up and it didn't even get to summertime operating temp for a sustained drive around the lake, but I am sure this wouldn't have lasted too long so I am glad family was not in the boat for a day on the lake.

OEM or aftermarket makes a big difference too!! The OEM impeller is the way to go.

MAN - GA wrote: Got it from SKIDM and it is a Sherwood impeller

This surprises me. Something happened since you should have gotten years of service out of it.

Gary S wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: MAN - GA wrote: Got it from SKIDM and it is a Sherwood impeller Something happened C-H-I-N-A ????

Gary,
Unless Skidim is getting "knock-offs", the last Sherwood impellers I got from Jametown, had "made in the USA" on the packaging. The last one I got was for the Atom and that was just befor GL this year.

A mechanic at White Lake told me this summer that they have seen more impellers rip loose the metal shaft from the rubber where the two are bonded together than they have seen blades breaking off. Must be some faulty impellers out there.