1985 Volvo Penta will idle in gear but will not go at high rmps

Stworsen

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Ok so we were kneeboarding and stopped to swim. The boat will go into gear but when you try to accelerate it sounds like its out of gear. What can be wrong? we hit a stump a few weeks back and if you put the boat in gear the shaft locks but you can still turn the prop( with a lttle force). Can the prop be bad?
 

RogersJetboat454

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Re: 1985 Volvo Penta will idle in gear but will not go at high rmps

Welcome to Iboats.

Yes, you could have spun the rubber hub in the prop with the strike. Do you have another prop you can try in its place?
 
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