Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

[cotton]

At slow speeds when shifting from forward or reverse into neutral, a knock had developed in what sounded like the transmission of my 206. So last week I made an appointment for yesterday with the local marina where they work on PCM. Friday night I checked out the PN "Maintenance & Technical Questions" section and found the "Noise When Backing Up" thread. In the thread east_texas_skier wrote this: "Check your prop nut to see that it is secure. If it loosens a bit then, in reverse, the prop will rattle around. When going forward, the prop is reacting to the rearward force it's putting out and is pushed up against the shaft so that it doesn't rattle, which is why you wouldn't hear it then. I don't know if this is your problem, but this is exactly what happened to me on my old boat with a nylock nut when it loosened (and I did have a cotter pin installed)."

After reading this I got up and walked outside to the garage where the boat is and sure enough the nut had backed off some. I tightened it up and Saturday when we took the boat out, the knock was gone. Obviously this saved me a trip to the marina and probably some cash as well.

THANKS SO MUCH to east_texas_skier and those who run the PlanetNautique.com site!

[NautiqueJeff]

RE: Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

That's great! I love reading stories like that. Good job ETS!

[TravisFling]

RE: Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

That's why this site rocks!!!

[east tx skier]

RE: Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

Holy cow! You mean to tell me I got one right!

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while . :grin:

Glad I was able to help. Were you using a nylock nut or a castle nut. When this happened to me, it was a nylock nut on my old MC. Never been an issue with my castle nut on my SN (I don't see how that thing could back off with the pin in place).

Isn't it nice when it's an easy thing!

[OKWAKEBDR]

RE: Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

I can add one to that also...about 1 month ago AirTool had a simple fix for me for a problem I had. My first though (even before I called the dealership) was to see if someone on here had a solution...thanks to AirTool, the problem was easily fixed. It was a simple switch issue that the dealership would have probably spent a ton of shop hours trying to find.

[cotton]

Re: RE: Thanks to east_texas_skier and PlanetNautique

Holy cow! You mean to tell me I got one right!

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while . :grin:

Glad I was able to help. Were you using a nylock nut or a castle nut. When this happened to me, it was a nylock nut on my old MC. Never been an issue with my castle nut on my SN (I don't see how that thing could back off with the pin in place).

Isn't it nice when it's an easy thing!

I will have to check but know it is not a castle nut. The shaft has a cotter pin keeping the nut from backing all of the way off. I will probably go ahead a buy a castle.

It is nice when it's an easy thing; thanks again! :grin: