need some advice hello?

[derfisin1977]

i have a imperial 17 foot boat 1986. it has a mercruiser 170 engine and a alpha 1 drive. i just replaced the water impeller in the lower unit yesterday and now when it goes in to gear it grinds after it is engaged it runs fine. also sometimes you can spin the prop and hear a clicking noise in the lower unit. is it something that i did not put back together right or is this normal. i ask because i just got the boat and am not quite sure.

 

[akriverrat]

Re: need some advice hello?

i'm just moving this to top because a merc guy should have jumped right on this.

 

[sea wolf]

Re: need some advice hello?

i don't know about merc but on my omc if i ease it into gear the gears will grind. when i shift it if i give a firm push into forward, it doesn't grind. did it do this before u worked on it?