Thats what i was thinking but the shaft does it with the prop off. Is that normal?
You’re not a man I’d question on things like this racerone. I have the suspicion that you know something I don’t about this particular engine maybe ? I know it’s not normal on my outdrive and my outboard boats with Mercury and mercruiser. Sounds like there might be a reason for it on this engine, after reading what you’ve said ?
Is she definitely not in gear ? Sure sounds like a prop hub issue otherwise
In forward gear
Ah. That’s likely normal then. So can you rotate it freely when in neutral ?
Yes neutral prop is free and smooth
Could it just be a ventilation issue with the motor?
I don't in R either, just a few degrees , obviously N spins freely. In F since the gearbox contains an overrun clutch, which is nothing more than a gear ground in a saw toothed configuration such that CW, in the overrun position, turning the prop causes the teeth to slide over the ramp causing the prop shaft to protrude slightly going up the ramp and falling off the vertical area it goes back in. Selecting the CW position, where the vertical sections of the clutch line up, it depends on where you stopped on the ramp as to how far the prop will turn before the verticals line up and it stops turning.
