Wow. I learned more about my issue in 9.5 minutes from this video than I have from taking to multiple lisenced merc dealerships all morning. Thank you Glenn, from senko fishing all the way to boat maintenance, you always give us the juice 👊🍻
I did it last fall by throttling off too fast and going in reverse to avoid a sand bar that I should have known was there but forgot about. I missed the sand bar but when i tried to take off again it let go. 18 miles up a lake with no cell service lol. Long story short I now have a tool box with spare hubs and all the stuff needed to change it out on the fly. Great video wish I'd have watched this a year ago!
Good stuff. I’ve been trying to figure out what was going on with my boat. I kept feeling it “slip” it was like I was spinning tires. Then suddenly I couldn’t get on plain.
1993 17' Boston Whaler Montauk with 90hp Evinrude in Northern Michigan. I change my water pump every 2 years. pump kit has stainless steel housing(O E M) When I was a young guy, I'd go out onto Little Traverse Bay; hit huge swells and over rev.(not good, but fun as hell!) cost me $2,000 to rebuild engine. Lesson learned. That was 20 years ago. Great video! Thank you
I agree with you on this topic of a spun hub. And the rubber bushing was put in there to save gears in the lower unit and the prop in case you hit something. But more than often if you hit something it still gets the lower unit gears or bends the shaft and does not spin the hub. This is the part I don't quite understand how is the rubber bushing stronger than the shaft or gears.
Exactly....you have a hub that protects the lower unit gears if you hit something, but you have a skeg on the lower unit to protect the prop if you hit something, so no matter how you look at it....you do damage to the lower unit, but I guess it's better to replace a gear case housing vs. Gears, housing, drive shaft, and possibly powerhead damage due to the abrupt stop. I hit a rock on my inshore boat and did no damage to the prop, but the entire skeg is gone and I can visibly see the gears....lol And just the other day had my offshore boat out and hit absolutely nothing and rpms shot up on one motor and lost mph, had to limp home....spun hub
I have a mercury xri 200 and this happened to me about two weeks ago. thats exactly what I did. it was getting dark and I punched the hotfoot to the floor to make it back to the launch and started to get up and it just stopped. if I put it in forward or reverse the prop spins but no thrust to push the boat and if I hit the hotfoot the rpm's go up but I go no where. so should I get a new hub pressed in or buy a new prop?
Was on the lake yesterday I hit a log hidden behind a rolling wake was to late for me to miss. I had a slip now when I run half throttle water pours into the back from the motor sloshing it in. What do I need to do?
Although the hub is meant to take the brunt o hitting an underwater object like, there could still be damage to the lower unit. You should take it to a boat shop to have them look at it just to be safe.
Thanks for the valuable tips Glen, I'm sure the benefits of these you mentioned will help very much in the long run. These tips help the pocket book very much.
This is a great video. I'm new to boating and this is great information. I think this just happened to me on the weekend so now I can troubleshoot. Thanks man!
Last time we went out our boat made a noise, my husband was like better hurry. Then it stopped spinning. He said the motor still turns but prop not spinning. We spent almost 6k on an 86 mercruiser a year or two ago. Lots of servicing paperwork included. I know I spent too much but I grew up on the lake and wanted a boat. Do you think it’s a spun hub on prop? Is that the first thing to diagnose considering the motor still turns? We were just cruising back to the dock didn’t hit anything when it happened. Hoping I can get hubby to find time to fix it. My dad has a boat mechanic but my hubby always finds a way to fix something. I can’t spent a grand on a 50$ fix
Does the motor start, if it does it is the hub I think. I'm no master mechanic by any means, but I bought a boat and has a 3.0 mercury cruiser, went out first time and boat ran great, after one hour running, it went down, at a low rpm, it was fine, try to go faster and it would stop, replaced the hub and prop @ 300 bucks, went back out and at about one hour, done the same thing, I'm thinking it is maybe getting hot and spinning the hub, but the boat runs great, don't seem like it is hot, but there isn't anything else to spin or slip from what I see, guess I'm back to finding an issue that is becoming a headache and making boating a pain in the a**.
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Just had it happen 2 weeks ago but my whole inner housing cracked never hit anything and the boats a 2017, new prop backordered until September 😩. Not sure how I feel about these Yamaha hubs now.
Talking about hotter than normal exhaust temperatures, once you have a malfunctioning cooling system, not only do you have higher exhaust temperatures, but more importantly, there is a reduced amount of cooling water mixing with the exhaust. And that is what actually is what keeps the hub cool.
I was following another boat and got into his prop wash and the motor over-revved and caught. It spun the hub out. I could still limp home at 5kts, any faster and prop would spin. I suspect hub was old also. Replace your hubs periodically.
I bought a boat, mine done same thing after one hour, replaced, ran for one hour and it done the same thing at one hour, I'm not sure what is going on.
@@bassresource Well since it's been and i'm giving my age but 40 yrs since i was driving boats. Kids, skiing , ha not much fishing. 🍺🍺 Remember i hit some stupid pipe ( found out much later with low tide) far from home. Barely got boat to shore and i did have old prop and wrench under a seat. took a while but that saved our butts. LOL. didn't have a flash light. had to do in the dark. that sucked. sitting in four feet of water. Ha the good ol days. So back to the present. Waiting on new boat for some fishing and getting out. Hopefully comes soon. So i saw a video that caught my attention on spun a prop. I was like broke a prop ??and went to your channel which i have been following and subscribed to. Great info and whala you explained it fantastic. watched a few more after that. Ha seems that they came up with a great idea to not damage lower unit. I would have still took a chunk out of prop so i think for me just to feel better i will still have one. ha. But i see exactly what your saying. Not a need like before. I like working on my own stuff so appreciate such a easy explanation. 👍👍👍 Still learning and sure i will makes sone mistakes. Hoping to retire soon and get back out there and enjoy the water. Not just the way we did as kids. ha. thanks!
You forgot one. Sometimes guy are testing different props. They don't torque them down properly. They leave it loose. Forget and a week or two later. It gets rough.. necmxt thing you know it spins the hub.
I wonder if starting on land using the muffs causes more exhaust heat in the hub and that's why they degrade faster. Personally I doubt there would be much heat from the exhaust when started in the water because the water is cooling the prop and hub just being submerged. I always start and warm my boat at home first so that when I get to the river I know she's gonna fire right up and go. Mine is carbureted so she's always a bit cold hard starting at first. Perhaps land starting is why I have a spun hub and am here viewing this video now. Btw your shirt looks like a tv commercial. 😂 thanks for the info.
Wow. I learned more about my issue in 9.5 minutes from this video than I have from taking to multiple lisenced merc dealerships all morning. Thank you Glenn, from senko fishing all the way to boat maintenance, you always give us the juice 👊🍻
Just spun a hub on my 56 Johnson 30hp. 2 trips prior had the prop come out of the water due to a stick. Great advice
What a great video. Thank you. Wish I had heard this a long time ago. Before I had my prop fail!
Thank you for this video
I did it last fall by throttling off too fast and going in reverse to avoid a sand bar that I should have known was there but forgot about. I missed the sand bar but when i tried to take off again it let go. 18 miles up a lake with no cell service lol. Long story short I now have a tool box with spare hubs and all the stuff needed to change it out on the fly. Great video wish I'd have watched this a year ago!
thanks great information just learning myself of a spun hub
Glad to help
Very educational video. Good job.
Thanks, @KenH737, I appreciate your feedback.
Awsome finding thing i did not know new on the waves
Glad you liked it Anthony Newsome!
im a new boater just got a 2017 tracker v 16 and will keep this in mind thank's pal another great video
Good stuff. I’ve been trying to figure out what was going on with my boat. I kept feeling it “slip” it was like I was spinning tires. Then suddenly I couldn’t get on plain.
I wish I watched this sooner. Would be a great topic to put in a new boater tutorial/tip video.
The most informative prop/hub video I've ever seen. THANK YOU!
Wow, thanks!
1993 17' Boston Whaler Montauk with 90hp Evinrude in Northern Michigan. I change my water pump every 2 years. pump kit has stainless steel housing(O E M) When I was a young guy, I'd go out onto Little Traverse Bay; hit huge swells and over rev.(not good, but fun as hell!) cost me $2,000 to rebuild engine. Lesson learned. That was 20 years ago. Great video! Thank you
You're welcome Danabcde1! Thanks for watching.
Well explained. Thanks.
Great video. Super helpful!
Glad to help, John Stoker. Let me know how it works out as I would love to see the results.
I agree with you on this topic of a spun hub. And the rubber bushing was put in there to save gears in the lower unit and the prop in case you hit something. But more than often if you hit something it still gets the lower unit gears or bends the shaft and does not spin the hub. This is the part I don't quite understand how is the rubber bushing stronger than the shaft or gears.
Exactly....you have a hub that protects the lower unit gears if you hit something, but you have a skeg on the lower unit to protect the prop if you hit something, so no matter how you look at it....you do damage to the lower unit, but I guess it's better to replace a gear case housing vs. Gears, housing, drive shaft, and possibly powerhead damage due to the abrupt stop.
I hit a rock on my inshore boat and did no damage to the prop, but the entire skeg is gone and I can visibly see the gears....lol
And just the other day had my offshore boat out and hit absolutely nothing and rpms shot up on one motor and lost mph, had to limp home....spun hub
Good video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
I have a mercury xri 200 and this happened to me about two weeks ago. thats exactly what I did. it was getting dark and I punched the hotfoot to the floor to make it back to the launch and started to get up and it just stopped. if I put it in forward or reverse the prop spins but no thrust to push the boat and if I hit the hotfoot the rpm's go up but I go no where. so should I get a new hub pressed in or buy a new prop?
You can get a new hub pressed. Sorry it happened to you. Most people watch this video AFTER it happens.
Thanks for the information...I believe I have that exact problem!
Glad it helped
Was on the lake yesterday I hit a log hidden behind a rolling wake was to late for me to miss. I had a slip now when I run half throttle water pours into the back from the motor sloshing it in. What do I need to do?
Although the hub is meant to take the brunt o hitting an underwater object like, there could still be damage to the lower unit. You should take it to a boat shop to have them look at it just to be safe.
Thanks for the valuable tips Glen, I'm sure the benefits of these you mentioned will help very much in the long run. These tips help the pocket book very much.
Glad you liked it Jerome Dwojak!
Jerome Dwojak Is the bindery stoung compatible with the boyhffj on shaft.
Great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
This is a great video. I'm new to boating and this is great information. I think this just happened to me on the weekend so now I can troubleshoot. Thanks man!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video! Looks like Mardon.
Great video, I've learned a lot about spun hub. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!
Great Advice Glenn !!!
Life With Joe C, glad I can help. Thanks for subscribing as well.
Smart guy.. Thanks man
Glad to help!
Great information sir. Great video to share.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Awesome info! Thanks for posting!
Chris Anyone, glad I can help. Thanks for subscribing as well.
Thanks for the great information
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I used to live in Washington and this looks like you are vacationing at the Potholes Reservoir, am I close?
Yes! You are close! :) Ok, yes...you're spot on.
Pretty cool, I noticed the background was familiar about half way through the video. Love mardon, great video.
Last time we went out our boat made a noise, my husband was like better hurry. Then it stopped spinning. He said the motor still turns but prop not spinning. We spent almost 6k on an 86 mercruiser a year or two ago. Lots of servicing paperwork included. I know I spent too much but I grew up on the lake and wanted a boat. Do you think it’s a spun hub on prop? Is that the first thing to diagnose considering the motor still turns? We were just cruising back to the dock didn’t hit anything when it happened. Hoping I can get hubby to find time to fix it. My dad has a boat mechanic but my hubby always finds a way to fix something. I can’t spent a grand on a 50$ fix
Does the motor start, if it does it is the hub I think. I'm no master mechanic by any means, but I bought a boat and has a 3.0 mercury cruiser, went out first time and boat ran great, after one hour running, it went down, at a low rpm, it was fine, try to go faster and it would stop, replaced the hub and prop @ 300 bucks, went back out and at about one hour, done the same thing, I'm thinking it is maybe getting hot and spinning the hub, but the boat runs great, don't seem like it is hot, but there isn't anything else to spin or slip from what I see, guess I'm back to finding an issue that is becoming a headache and making boating a pain in the a**.
Hi Glenn where you been🤓love your video's
Been posting videos every week all year. Where have YOU been? 😃
I'm not getting the notification bell😕Thanks Glenn😁
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Another great video Glenn.
Thanks Jon!
Great information. Hopefully I will stop punching it but can’t promise anything
Good video,I fish inshore salt water and running in we run in line with other boats.i guess this causes turbulence prop hub bit the bullet.thks
THOSE THINGS HAVE NO EFFECT ON YOUR HUB ...LOL HITTING THINGS UNDERWATER AND HIGH TORQUE ARE THE PROBLEM
Happened just today. 2# midlake going into 3 foot waves.
Thanks much!
Yup, that's very common. Hopefully the video helps prevent another spun hub from happening.
good stuff. thanks
Good info.
Very good info ! You said it well. A spun hub is no fun. Yeah, I'm a bit of a fanatic about that water pump swap, too..myself.
Yes, absolutely BluzGuitar Guy Fishing Antics! Thanks for watching!
Just had it happen 2 weeks ago but my whole inner housing cracked never hit anything and the boats a 2017, new prop backordered until September 😩. Not sure how I feel about these Yamaha hubs now.
Ryan Argo get a square drive prop.. replaceable hubs and unlimited prop options on the same hub, not to mention they're not on back order.
Talking about hotter than normal exhaust temperatures, once you have a malfunctioning cooling system, not only do you have higher exhaust temperatures, but more importantly, there is a reduced amount of cooling water mixing with the exhaust. And that is what actually is what keeps the hub cool.
I was following another boat and got into his prop wash and the motor over-revved and caught. It spun the hub out. I could still limp home at 5kts, any faster and prop would spin. I suspect hub was old also. Replace your hubs periodically.
Happens more often than you think. Glad you made it back home.
I bought a boat, mine done same thing after one hour, replaced, ran for one hour and it done the same thing at one hour, I'm not sure what is going on.
I only fish 12 or 13 times a year, do I still need replace the water pump every 2 years?
That depends on a lot of variables, but it's possible. I'd definitely have it inspected every year. Your mechanic will let you know.
Jim Stilwell where I live we do pumps every season
Yes they deform while not in use. and rubber blades harden
Best explanation i've seen. Great info. Do you carry a spar prop on boat?
No, we do not. As long as you follow the tips in this video, there's no need.
@@bassresource Well since it's been and i'm giving my age but 40 yrs since i was driving boats. Kids, skiing , ha not much fishing. 🍺🍺 Remember i hit some stupid pipe ( found out much later with low tide) far from home. Barely got boat to shore and i did have old prop and wrench under a seat. took a while but that saved our butts. LOL. didn't have a flash light. had to do in the dark. that sucked. sitting in four feet of water. Ha the good ol days. So back to the present. Waiting on new boat for some fishing and getting out. Hopefully comes soon. So i saw a video that caught my attention on spun a prop. I was like broke a prop ??and went to your channel which i have been following and subscribed to. Great info and whala you explained it fantastic. watched a few more after that. Ha seems that they came up with a great idea to not damage lower unit. I would have still took a chunk out of prop so i think for me just to feel better i will still have one. ha. But i see exactly what your saying. Not a need like before. I like working on my own stuff so appreciate such a easy explanation. 👍👍👍 Still learning and sure i will makes sone mistakes. Hoping to retire soon and get back out there and enjoy the water. Not just the way we did as kids. ha. thanks!
Apreciate you talking about how to be more better
Craig Stevens, glad I can help. Thanks for subscribing as well.
I want one of those jerseys
You forgot one. Sometimes guy are testing different props. They don't torque them down properly. They leave it loose. Forget and a week or two later. It gets rough.. necmxt thing you know it spins the hub.
That’s a good tip as well, Hitech. Thanks for sharing.
Just happened to me on Potholes and my boat only has 39hrs. Nice video.
Sorry to hear that Says. Hope you can get it fixed soon.
If You sails and hit a floating line, the engine and propel stops instantly, and if the propeller hits a small stonereef, that can spin the hub too.
I wonder if starting on land using the muffs causes more exhaust heat in the hub and that's why they degrade faster. Personally I doubt there would be much heat from the exhaust when started in the water because the water is cooling the prop and hub just being submerged. I always start and warm my boat at home first so that when I get to the river I know she's gonna fire right up and go. Mine is carbureted so she's always a bit cold hard starting at first. Perhaps land starting is why I have a spun hub and am here viewing this video now. Btw your shirt looks like a tv commercial. 😂 thanks for the info.
Yes I was going too fast 😂😅
How to Prevent A Spun Hub On Your Prop... "Slow the F down"
Had 2, 300 lb passengers on board and a banana. Spun that b**** big time
So let me get this straight. You are going to highly modify your driving style to protect a $70 rubber bushing. Right!
I want to be your friend Glenn
Pontoon with small motors have spun prop most often.. there is so much weight for that rubber hub to move