saumon
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- Aug 2, 2004
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Hi everybody,<br /><br />first of all, please excuse my english (i'm french speaking). Here's my little contribution.<br /><br />It's a STH not when boating or fishing but, instead, just when trying to spend all my wage in a used kicker i bought (read: try to made it run properly)<br /><br />When i first got this 1986 8hp Merc, i begin by removing the prop to check if there's tangled line, seal leak, check shaft condition etc. Prop nut come easily (nylon lock type) then, oups, another nut under. First time i see this! Maybe a two nuts lock system for added safety? Give it a try with the ratchet, don't move an eight of an inch. Hum...try a wrench, nothing. Insert a second wrench at the end of the first one for added strength, same result. Scratch my head (i remember the quote "if it doesn't work, try a bigger hammer") and took a breaker bar, with no more luck. At this point, the prop goes approx. 1 in. deep through the 2x4 that i place to prevent it from rotating. Oh yeah, i also almost empty a can of WD-40 on it! Total time: 2 hours.<br /><br />Later, when comtemplating the lower unit in my basement while tasting a little beverage, i just grab the "nut" with my fingers and gently pull it out: it came easily! It's a spacer that look like a nut, with the shape of a nut but that was slided onto the splined shaft. Feel really dumb 
<br /><br />By the way, i can't figure out why did they design this spacer this way instead of the more common washer type. Maybe an engineer conspiracy to drove me crazy
<br /><br />By the way, i can't figure out why did they design this spacer this way instead of the more common washer type. Maybe an engineer conspiracy to drove me crazy 