Starter spins but will not engage

[waldonias]

Bought a boat last year and put it in the water and everything worked fine. When trying to start it this year I noticed that a negative battery cable was loose and it accidentally touched the positive side. Now the starter spins but will not engage. I did not think that it was a fuse seeing that the starter still spun and thought it was the solenoid. Seeing that the motor is a 1989 Evirude and the starter and solenoid looked original I replaced both but still having the same problem.

 

[racerone]

Batter hooked up correctly ?----A factory replacement starter or something else ?-----Battery load tested ?

 

[waldonias]

I think everything is hooked up correctly as it ran the year before the only thing that changed is that a negative cable touched the positive post. It was not a factory replacement starter or solenoid. And it was cranking fine prior to the incident

 

[racerone]

Is the starter turning in the correct direction ?

 

[waldonias]

Yes