prop spins free

shamrock6

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Aug 3, 2015
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This concerns my suzuki 140 4 stroke, yesterday I was running at about 4500 rpms after not running for approximately 6 weeks, when the prop seemed to just spin free and i was at a total loss of propulsion. the motor was able to run but i was dead in the water. Does this sound like a spun prop or something worse?
 

N1NE1

Petty Officer 1st Class
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Sep 21, 2008
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With the motor off, put it in gear and see if the prop spins on the hub...Also make sure its shifting into gear.Could be as easy as a shift cable or the linkage
 

99yam40

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Sep 7, 2008
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yes it sounds like a spun hub.
Mark the hub and prop and try it, see if makes move.

All of the hubs I have seen spun you could not move it by hand
 
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