I have a 2003 Tige 24V with the 5.7 MarinePower engine and Walter's V-drive. Today we launched onto the lake and right away notice a loud clanking noise, stopped the engine paddled back to shore. AS we headed back to shore I opened the hatch and tried to diagnose, so I had my wife start it up and just barely engage the transmission and the clucking seems to be coming from the v-drive or transmissio area.
Got it home and noticed I can turn the prop shaft freely for only about 20-40 degrees then it seems to "catch" and won't turn further without a lot more force, then it will turn freely again and then catch again 20-40 degrees later. Some catches are more subtle, some are very difficult to spin past. It seems to be catching something in the v-drive area. I checked the 4 coupling bolts and they seem fine.
Any ideas?
Got it home and noticed I can turn the prop shaft freely for only about 20-40 degrees then it seems to "catch" and won't turn further without a lot more force, then it will turn freely again and then catch again 20-40 degrees later. Some catches are more subtle, some are very difficult to spin past. It seems to be catching something in the v-drive area. I checked the 4 coupling bolts and they seem fine.
Any ideas?
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