Hello,

I want to start by saying I'm not a boating expert, so any help is appreciated.

I had my 1996 Johnson 60 HP & 17" Lowe out last weekend. I was in a stumpy lake, but was in a marked boating lane chugging along slowly when I hit a submerged stump in the middle of the lane. One of my prop blades were bent and hit one of the stabilizer bolts (whale tail?). It was installed like that when I got the boat. Anyway, the tip of the prop sheared off. Before realizing the extent of damage, I restarted the broad and limped back to the boat ramp. No big deal, just a little vibration. However, when I tried to reverse it the first time, it didn't go into reverse right away, clicked several times. After that, to get it to go into reverse, you have to rev up and then it slams into reverse. Forward is fine.

Would sudden stoppage like that really affect the shift rigging or did I really screw up something in the lower unit?

Thanks,

Kansan