Re: Having trouble.....need help
Tell the dealer the prop is ventilating. That means it is sucking air when you have people up front. That alone is not uncommon and you need to understand the dynamics of a pontoon. Stand at the side and look at the pontoons. At the front they narrow to a point correct? When you put people up there with nobody in back, the font squats down in the water just like your car would if put some people on the hood. This raises the back end of the toon and prop can ventilate. The front of a pontoon cannot support the same weight that the rear would support because of the shape of the tubes. You must have the load balanced to avoid this. Put people in the middle and in the back, or the heavier folks in the middle and kids up front or split them between front and rear. A spun hub means the rubber cushion that separates the hub of the prop from the blade area has lost its bond and the hub is spinning inside the prop. You cannot test this by hand -- besides, I doubt thats the problem. If the engine can be lowered, lower it fully on its mounting. MAKE the dealer do it.
