Is My Season Over???

[THEFERMANATOR]

Pull the prop off and look at the rubber inside. If it looks cracked or melted or any signs of tearing then it is probably bad. Spun prop hubs are not uncommon, and here lately I've read about quite a few people having to limp in at a fast idle because it wouldn't move if you went over 1500. You could also put it in gear and try to turn the prop by hand to see if it spins that way. One direction it will just click, but the other direction it should try and turn the engine over.

[jasonh1972]

a spun prop makes a nice trolling prop (I found out the hard way)

[spareparts]

with the engine off, and the drive trimed down, put the drive in fwd gear, spin the prop counter clockwise as viewed from the back of the boat till it locks in gear, then stand on the prop blade( port side of the drive) to try and turn the proop against the motor( still with the engine off), if the propspins freely, look at teh prop shaft while its spining to see if its spinning with it, if it isn;t, then the prop hub is bad, if the prop shaft spins with teh prop, check behind the engine for small rubber pieces(it looks like tar) or posibly aluminum shavings, indicating a bad engine coupler.

[charlie_the_tuna]

unfortunately spare, i'll hafta do the repair while the boats in the water.
gonna wait til low tide and swap out the prop with the oem aluminum.
if this doesnt fix (temporarily) the problem then my season is done.
and that will suck. phukking suck.

[spareparts]

Repalce teh prop like you said, if that doesn't fix you, you're coming out of the water regardless

[Seacrets]

Come on Chuck, tell us it's a spun hub and you're back in business. Don't give up yet. Good luck guy.

[msbhammer]

You killed your V, I'll take it off your hands, along with the hard top. Go Gayliner.