Probably not in gear . When shift lever is in fwd prop must be held ccw. Turn it ccw, should stay in gear to twist drive shaft and line up splinesTrying to reinstall lower unit but hits hard stop about half inch before mating. Tried to rotate prop to turn shaft but it won’t turn. Any idea why? Lower unit has been off fir 3 months.
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I have the shifter in fwd and the prop rotated ccw. I can’t turn the prop to rotate the splined shaft-it won’t budge. I had replaced the impellor 3 months ago. Could it be friction of impellor?Probably not in gear . When shift lever is in fwd prop must be held ccw. Turn it ccw, should stay in gear to twist drive shaft and line up splines
Note: the prop turns freely when the shifter is out of gear. I did push down on the spring loaded pin sticking up out of the drive shaft a bunch of times to loosen it up. Could it jamb the gears down in the lower unit?I have the shifter in fwd and the prop rotated ccw. I can’t turn the prop to rotate the splined shaft-it won’t budge. I had replaced the impellor 3 months ago. Could it be friction of impellor?
I took off the nuts holding the impellor cover on and lifted it. Prop still won’t turn shaft. Also won’t turn it CW when in reverse. Think i could damage anything if i forced the prop to turn too much?how tight did you tighten down the 3 nuts
is it in gear or neutral? the shift shaft splines on lower mesh with the shoe in the upper with pliers turn the one in lower clockwise till it wont turn more (doesn't take a bunch of force) it will be in fwd. need it in fwd and the shoe in upper face toward bow when u reassemble.I took off the nuts holding the impellor cover on and lifted it. Prop still won’t turn shaft. Also won’t turn it CW when in reverse. Think i could damage anything if i forced the prop to turn too much?
is it in gear or neutral? the shift shaft splines on lower mesh with the shoe in the upper with pliers turn the one in lower clockwise till it wont turn more (doesn't take a bunch of force) it will be in fwd. need it in fwd and the shoe in upper face toward bow when u reassemble.
No, i did not do anything with the prop, just changed impellor. I have done this several times before without issue. Prop turns easily in gear and out. What stops the shaft from rotating when the prop is turned?Did you service the impeller??? sounds like that could have been done incorrectly.Put the lower on a bench and see if the prop turns when in gear. it should turn easily.If not then work backwards and remove the water pump cover and impeller..Charlie
While it's hard to turn it should turn. The resistance is coming from the impeller only. If it won't turn no matter what then need to remove the impeller and if it still won't turn there are other problemsThe drive shaft won’t turn even if it is in neutral.
or jammed...ok trying to turn prop CCW is trying to rotate the impeller backwards is won't work. Use a pair of vice grips or large channel locks and rotate shaft with pin on it CCW just ever so slightly then try again. This may give you enough to slide it together
Either that or the water tube is not lining up