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Spun hub or lower unit problem?

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ldv5379

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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 soyundwed 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??
 
Replace the propeller.-----Did you check / change lower unit gear oil. ----The clockwise ting is normal in forward.
 
The hub was a problem, the splines were completely gone. Reverse locks the shaft as it should but forward does not. When I say there's a "ting" a good analogy is playing cards on the spokes of a bike but tinging. As I said I'm going to chk the cable by taking it off and trying to shift it by hand.
 
I took the shifter cable off and I tried to shift it manually and voila!! it shifts into forward and locks the hub put the cable back on and adjusting as far as I can, it doesn't go into gear. But if I manually push the gear shifter it shifts into gear. Now this is a 1985 procraft 1750V with Evinrude 150 hp that my wife and I were gifted by my father-in-law and I'm more than reasonably sure he never replaced it. Im no expert but it seems my next step is to replace the cable. If it is the cable, I was thinking that I should just replace both. Ideas?
 
I decided to mess around with the cable. Where it was located wasnt working so I took off the clamp and turned the adjustment wheel clockwise. Then replaced and tried it. Lo and behold reverse and forward seem to be working, both lock the hub while neutral spins freely. I tell you, I learn something new every day that I work on this boat. I did take the control bov apart and while there was some damage I dont think its enough to replace it right now. Cant find a compatible control box anyway. In the future Im sure I will need to replace the cables and box but for now it should work!!
 
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