Has anyone experienced a loud clunking in the prop shaft at low RPM. When adding just a little power it goes away and runs great. We greased the zerk fittings and that helped a little bit but it came back.
The boat is a Carver 36 gas engines.
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Clunking in prop shaft at low RPM
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Burnut
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Re: Clunking in prop shaft at low RPM
Wonder if the prop nuts loosened off and the prop is loose.
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Re: Clunking in prop shaft at low RPM
Burnut wrote:Source of the post Has anyone experienced a loud clunking in the prop shaft at low RPM. When adding just a little power it goes away and runs great. We greased the zerk fittings and that helped a little bit but it came back.
The boat is a Carver 36 gas engines.
Welcome to the forum.... Th following is me assuming you have the remote v drive set up in your boat......
Is the noise coming from the joint that is between the engine and the v drive case, or the shaft from the v drive case to the prop. Check for slop/play in the joint/ shafts.
Is there grease and residue around the area of that joint ?
The above is strictly my opinion always based on years of doing...remember to support local business , it pays back.
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Re: Clunking in prop shaft at low RPM
Rough engine idle will give you transmission noise and rattle. 
Mike 
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