moresparks
Regular Contributor
Hi I am looking at pointers at this early stage and would appreciate any suggestions.
I have a pair of AQ171’c on 290 SP-A drives. All season things have been fine so this is a sudden development on one drive.
At no wake zone things are fine and I can travel all day at 2000 revs, but the moment I push the throttle forwards to get on the plane one drive seems to lose drive around 3500 revs. Similar to suddenly going into neutral. Throttling back to displacement speeds and things are all fine again.
I have not had a chance to lift the boat out yet so cannot tell if there is water in the oil, not sure if this would cause this problem.
I replace the bellows every other year and undertake a pressure and vacuum test.
The propeller is only a season old.
The trim meter doesn’t seem to change as far as I can tell.
Is this a symptom of the cone clutch?
If it is; can these be repaired or do you have to buy the complete gear set?
Is there any checks I can do whilst it’s in the water or is this season end??
I have a pair of AQ171’c on 290 SP-A drives. All season things have been fine so this is a sudden development on one drive.
At no wake zone things are fine and I can travel all day at 2000 revs, but the moment I push the throttle forwards to get on the plane one drive seems to lose drive around 3500 revs. Similar to suddenly going into neutral. Throttling back to displacement speeds and things are all fine again.
I have not had a chance to lift the boat out yet so cannot tell if there is water in the oil, not sure if this would cause this problem.
I replace the bellows every other year and undertake a pressure and vacuum test.
The propeller is only a season old.
The trim meter doesn’t seem to change as far as I can tell.
Is this a symptom of the cone clutch?
If it is; can these be repaired or do you have to buy the complete gear set?
Is there any checks I can do whilst it’s in the water or is this season end??