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[drano]

i was fishing yesterday and my 200 xp let me get towed for the first time. i had just gotten up on a plane and motor over reved. it seemed that somthing in the drive system must have given way. i do not have any idea what could have happend. you can put boat in boath forward and reverse and the prop shaft will still turn. any help will be great

 

[rickdb1boat]

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Check for spun hub in the prop or if you have a spare prop, try that..

 

[drano]

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rick how will i know the hub is has spun

 

[Cricket Too]

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Drano....Take your prop off and look at the rubber hub on the back of it. If it has spun you will see the scrape marks on it and it may be distorted and popped out of it's seat. If it has spun you can take it to a prop shop and they can re-hub it for you. Good Luck.

 

[drano]

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I checked it does look like the hub twisted. Also when you have the motor in gear the prop shaft will still turn. Could akeeper have broken in the lower unit

 

[Hooty]

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It's a spun hub. Take to your local prop doc, he'll verify and fix it. If you're close to Ft. Worth, I'll recommend a good prop guy.<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[drano]

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Hooty i am pretty sure that the hub spun. If you look at it the rubber is not even with the shaft. My next question is why can you have the motor in gear and the prop shaft will still turn. could this be the clutch dog. Or when the hub went could something else have broken. <br /><br />Thanks for your help

 

[drano]

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Hooty i forgot to mention that the prop is off the shaft and shaft is turning with shifter in forward and or reverse. any ideas

 

[ezeke]

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Are you saying that you can turn the prop shaft by hand, or that the prop shaft turns when you run the motor?

 

[OBJ]

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Drano....it usually takes a certain amount of torque to spin the hup without turning the prop. So...in slow speed, you can move some. But rev it up and the prop against the water creates torque and spins the hub.<br /><br />Get it rehubbed as suggested. It'll be OK.

 

[drano]

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ezeke the prop shaft turns by hand with no prop on it. i am pretty sure that the hub is gone. but not sure about inside lower unit. any help would be great.

 

[ezeke]

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If you can turn the prop shaft freely by hand while in gear, your immediate problem is probably not the prop. This would probably be a good time to think about troubleshooting the lower unit.

 

[ob]

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Before you condemn internal linkage or shift dawg in the lower unit insure that the shift cable is indeed actuating the shift arm which inturn is moving the shift rod to change gear position.Remove the shift cable from the shift arm and try to shift manually just using the shift arm.Bare in mind that if the engine is not running when attempting to shift that the propshaft will need to be turned while shifting to prevent binding of gears and linkage.

 

[rodbolt]

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hello<br /> remove the drain and sample a bit of the oil or just change it. look for metal on the magnet<br />if thr likage is in fact moving the shift shaft and the shaft is in an ingear position and you can still turn the propshaft something is not good. could mean a broken driveshaft or a broken pinion<br /> good luck and keep posting

 

[Walker]

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Drano, if you can't figure it out and you want to, pull it down here and I'll take a look at it. I'm not far from I10 and Huebner just as you come into San Antonio. Free advice.

 

[ezeke]

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[ezeke]

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Drano, <br /><br />You can't beat an offer like that! (Walker's).<br /><br />Wish there were someone like him around here.

 

[drano]

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Walker thank you for offer to help i will go as far as i am comftrable. if you would give me a phone # i will call you. <br /><br />thank you david drane<br /><br />p s give me your e-mail address

 

[Walker]

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Drano, its (210)256-0200