Im not sure if this is the right place for this so someone please let me know ....
Went to Texoma camping this weekend and took the boat. 1985 Procraft 1750V with a 150 hp Evinrude. Now my father-in-law gave my wife and I this boat and he had it trailered/garaged and started it periodically but not on the water. SO needless to say I have replaced a LOT of worn ouut parts that didn't show up until putting it in the water. Enough history .... So SAaturday morning I got the boat and was going to meet everyone at the dock. I wanted to run it before I pickup them up so I tried to holeshot and in the middle lost thrust and it sounded like I had the throttle(not shifter) wide open. I backed off and it seemed fine, however when iI picked up my people, when gas it again. for want of a better word, it broke loose and sounded like the throttle again. At camp, I googled it and everything UI read sounded like a spun hub. The motor free spins in neutral, locks in reverse, but forward spins freely clockwise with a slight "ting" but you can also go counterclockwise but tens to be difficult to move. Because its a 1985 and I have no idea when or even if the hub nas ever been replace, I think I'm going to go ahead and replace the hub. Could it be an adjustment on the shifter cable? I plan to check that tomorrow by taking the shift cable off and work it by hand. But as I said, reverse seems to work. Any suggestions??
Went to Texoma camping this weekend and took the boat. 1985 Procraft 1750V with a 150 hp Evinrude. Now my father-in-law gave my wife and I this boat and he had it trailered/garaged and started it periodically but not on the water. SO needless to say I have replaced a LOT of worn ouut parts that didn't show up until putting it in the water. Enough history .... So SAaturday morning I got the boat and was going to meet everyone at the dock. I wanted to run it before I pickup them up so I tried to holeshot and in the middle lost thrust and it sounded like I had the throttle(not shifter) wide open. I backed off and it seemed fine, however when iI picked up my people, when gas it again. for want of a better word, it broke loose and sounded like the throttle again. At camp, I googled it and everything UI read sounded like a spun hub. The motor free spins in neutral, locks in reverse, but forward spins freely clockwise with a slight "ting" but you can also go counterclockwise but tens to be difficult to move. Because its a 1985 and I have no idea when or even if the hub nas ever been replace, I think I'm going to go ahead and replace the hub. Could it be an adjustment on the shifter cable? I plan to check that tomorrow by taking the shift cable off and work it by hand. But as I said, reverse seems to work. Any suggestions??