Re: No Forward!!!???
A spun prop is...<br />Ok, a prop is made of two parts. The round cylinder with the blades attached, and the part inside the cylinder. The two parts are held together by a piece or rubber which is pressed between the two parts.<br /><br />When the prop strikes a hard object like a rock, the rubber "hub" is supposed to slip, to prevent severe damage to the lower unit and engine. When the rubber gets older, it can slip from just the force applied by the engine. Usually a spun prop will work at slow engine speeds, but begins to slip as the engine speeds up. Then it will slip completely and the engine will rev faster.<br /><br />You can check the prop by scribing or painting a line on the prop, from the center, across the rubber, onto the outside. Take the boat for a test run, make sure to accellerate hard, a few times. Then look at the line you created. If it is still a straight/continuous line, the prop is ok. If the line is broken, the prop hub is spun.<br /><br />So, does the motor go into forward and move at all?<br />Does it sound like it is shifting?<br />Do you hear any cluncking or unusual noises from the motor?<br />Has any service been done recently, that required removing the lower unit?<br />Has the shift pivot screw (screw near the front bottom of the lower unit) been removed? <br /><br />There is a shiftshaft that runs from the top of the motor, down into the lower unit. It may need adjusting to allow the forward gear to engage.<br />There also is the cable that runs from the controls, back to the engine. Check to see if they have come loose.
