The shape of the drive well on my i11s appears to have changed and now the drive doesn't fit at all into the front part of the well. The drive used to just drop in and now it doesn't. The front well (not the tiny very front "fin" part of the well) seems a little narrower or something, so the drive is pushed back ~1/3 - 1/2" and thus doesn't set into the well.
This happened after the i11s had been (correctly) folded and stored in its bag which was laid flat in the garage back of our motorhome. We had planned to kayak in the Midwest but due to flooding /highwater / bad weather everywhere, we ended up not going out at all.
Can storing the boat while folded "torque" the drive well??So, after finding the drive well problem,
1) I have looked and compared to my husband's i9s and can't see any difference. Both drives work just fine in his boat and neither drive will fit into the i11s drive well. They are the new reversible Mirage drive with the Turbo fins.
2) Once when I did get the drive installed, I laid the kayak on its side to face the sun for a day and hoped that the warmth would help the well re-shape. Since we're in Phoenix AZ and it's August, this is pretty much like using a heat gun AFAIK.
Unfortunately, this didn't help. Does anyone have any ideas of what else I can try? We bought the boat around the holidays last year so it's not a year old yet.
thanks for your help!