Turning the flywheel the wrong way.

[Vandkanten]

Am I in trouble here?
I may have turned the flywheel slowly by hand the wrong way around, only some rounds.

Is this enough to destroy anything?

 

[jakedaawg]

Probably not. What motor are we talking about?

 

[maxpipefill]

Some early 70's motors would lose spark after spinning backwards. If it has no spark look under the Flywheel and you might find the anti-reverse spring has made contact with the anti-reverse sensor. That will stop it from firing.

 

[F_R]

Some early 70's motors would lose spark after spinning backwards. If it has no spark look under the Flywheel and you might find the anti-reverse spring has made contact with the anti-reverse sensor. That will stop it from firing.

Interesting that you thought of that. So true, some do have that anti-reverse spring. However turning it back in the correct direction should reset it and restore spark. Unless is is worn out or fouled, that is.

Some will warn that turning it backwards will flip the water pump vanes over backwards. And it will. Might even break one off if it was ready to break anyway. But on MOST they will right themselves when you turn it back in the correct direction. Depends a bit on what motor.

 

[Fed]

I think if you could do any harm at all there would be a very large warning on the flywheel.

"Caution Do NOT Turn the Wrong Way".

 

[Vandkanten]

Its an Evanrude 3-cyl 35 HP from 1997. I dont have any sparks at all.

I can seem to find any anti-reverse spring feature on my model.

 

[boobie]

You haven't got any like the older motors.