ryantaylor22
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"I recently had my bellows rep
"I recently had my bellows replaced by a boatyard. While picking the boat up and moving it back to the slip I put it in reverse to slow the boat down. As soon as I did that the propeller shaft slid ack about 2" from the the gear box.
The boat is a 44' Jeanneau with a Kanzaki gearbox. I am writing to get your opinion if you think the work perfomred to the bellows could have contributed to this porblem. At this point I cannot even move my boat because the propeller shaft is not actually spinning regardless of which gear I have it in.
Is it possible for a propeller shaft to slide back because of something going wrong with the gearbox?
What actually holds the propeller shaft in place? I know it is keyed to prevent it from sliding out of the boat completely, but what it is keyed to?
One more thing, the reason we replaced the bellows was because it sprung a slow leak, it was not noticed until the water was turning the bilge on. As a result the gearbox did get water in it, it was since flushed out, but when it was put in reverse the gearbox lost all its oil.
Any insight or ideas would be appreciated.
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"I recently had my bellows replaced by a boatyard. While picking the boat up and moving it back to the slip I put it in reverse to slow the boat down. As soon as I did that the propeller shaft slid ack about 2" from the the gear box.
The boat is a 44' Jeanneau with a Kanzaki gearbox. I am writing to get your opinion if you think the work perfomred to the bellows could have contributed to this porblem. At this point I cannot even move my boat because the propeller shaft is not actually spinning regardless of which gear I have it in.
Is it possible for a propeller shaft to slide back because of something going wrong with the gearbox?
What actually holds the propeller shaft in place? I know it is keyed to prevent it from sliding out of the boat completely, but what it is keyed to?
One more thing, the reason we replaced the bellows was because it sprung a slow leak, it was not noticed until the water was turning the bilge on. As a result the gearbox did get water in it, it was since flushed out, but when it was put in reverse the gearbox lost all its oil.
Any insight or ideas would be appreciated.