Yesterday while out I heard a terrible grinding (milling sound) as we returned from a basically perfect day out on the water. I shut er' down quickly and fired up the kicker and brought it on in.
After I got home and inspected the prop I noticed aluminum fillings on the inner edge of the prop. There was a mile of slop in and out and really lose. The prop moved back on the hub 12 1/2" and pushed into the lower unit and ground into two set screws taking off about a nice .050" of an inch off the diameter of the hub.
For some reason I would expect that the "spinning" of the hub would only slip and not slide the prop back. Is this normal? There was no apparent damage to the lower unit and it seemed Luckily. Luckly I have a spare, but I guess I need the old one repaired.
Any advice on this kind TF situation?
Thanks!
TF
After I got home and inspected the prop I noticed aluminum fillings on the inner edge of the prop. There was a mile of slop in and out and really lose. The prop moved back on the hub 12 1/2" and pushed into the lower unit and ground into two set screws taking off about a nice .050" of an inch off the diameter of the hub.
For some reason I would expect that the "spinning" of the hub would only slip and not slide the prop back. Is this normal? There was no apparent damage to the lower unit and it seemed Luckily. Luckly I have a spare, but I guess I need the old one repaired.
Any advice on this kind TF situation?
Thanks!
TF
