Quote Originally Posted by bigjon View Post
Took it to shop and had it checked out and lower unit and prop shaft are all OK and ordered a new prop. The motor doesn't run stuck wide open now but has a fast rough idle that they can't find a cause for. Compression is good on all cylinders and carbs were rebuilt last year and appear to be OK and functioning properly and it has new spark plugs. It idled fine before I had the accident. They are still trying to correct the idle issue and don't think it is a carb problem.
If it was a lawn mower, I’d be looking at the flywheel. The shaft key particularly. Don’t know if an outboard can transmit that much shock to the flywheel with the bushing in the prop.