Hi guys (and gals) I finally got my boat in the water yesterday, and the motor ran like a dream. With one exception...
My wife and I were in my Meyers 12' aluminum boat w/ our fishing gear (say 400LBS total weight) and the boat wouldn't plane-out. She was in front and I was running the tiller. When we got under way I was a bit gun shy about going WOT as it was my first time running this rig. So I only pushed 3/4 throttle and we moved along nicely. A couple hours later as we were headed back across open water I was feeling confident enough to go WOT but something wasn't right. Just past what I assume to be 3/4 throttle the RPM's surged and it felt as if I'd lost traction. Roll off the throttle to 1/2 and the thrust came back. Try as I might I could not get her to run flat-out.
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The previous owner (nice old man that loved to haggle LoL) had just had a new prop installed prior to selling the boat. I believe this to be true as there weren't any signs of use. No scrapes, scuffs, bends, dings, or signs of cavitation. So I have little confidence in a service center doing much more than taking my $.
I found this thread to be somewhat informative:
Evinrude Shifting Into Neutral
But there's no description of how to repair this w/o going to an "Authorized Dealer", and I feel this is something I can repair myself. (given enough information) And as I stated I don't believe that 'new' parts are going to help.
Was water getting into the hub and acting as a lubricant? How could I prevent that?
Can I use spacers to increase the 'squeeze' on the hub?
Can I 'glue' the hub into the prop to prevent it from slipping under normal load?
Can I do anything besides shelling out $$ to have the problem "fixed" only to have it happen again when it's not in a test tank?
Thanks in Advance.
My wife and I were in my Meyers 12' aluminum boat w/ our fishing gear (say 400LBS total weight) and the boat wouldn't plane-out. She was in front and I was running the tiller. When we got under way I was a bit gun shy about going WOT as it was my first time running this rig. So I only pushed 3/4 throttle and we moved along nicely. A couple hours later as we were headed back across open water I was feeling confident enough to go WOT but something wasn't right. Just past what I assume to be 3/4 throttle the RPM's surged and it felt as if I'd lost traction. Roll off the throttle to 1/2 and the thrust came back. Try as I might I could not get her to run flat-out.
:blue:
The previous owner (nice old man that loved to haggle LoL) had just had a new prop installed prior to selling the boat. I believe this to be true as there weren't any signs of use. No scrapes, scuffs, bends, dings, or signs of cavitation. So I have little confidence in a service center doing much more than taking my $.
I found this thread to be somewhat informative:
Evinrude Shifting Into Neutral
But there's no description of how to repair this w/o going to an "Authorized Dealer", and I feel this is something I can repair myself. (given enough information) And as I stated I don't believe that 'new' parts are going to help.
Was water getting into the hub and acting as a lubricant? How could I prevent that?
Can I use spacers to increase the 'squeeze' on the hub?
Can I 'glue' the hub into the prop to prevent it from slipping under normal load?
Can I do anything besides shelling out $$ to have the problem "fixed" only to have it happen again when it's not in a test tank?
Thanks in Advance.