Squeak when turning prop manually while out of water

[bryangold]

I have not used the boat for the past year and decided to give it a good cleanup today before I use it again next weekend . I tried to turn the prop by hand and noticed it was quite squeaky - is this normal and will it be okay once I put it in the water.
Is there anything on can spray on the shaft or is this not necessary ?

[Shane21]

Most are water-lubricated and aren't designed to turned out of the water. I accidentally hit the throttle once when mine was on the trailer and it squeaked as well.

[waterlogged882]

I have not used the boat for the past year and decided to give it a good cleanup today before I use it again next weekend . I tried to turn the prop by hand and noticed it was quite squeaky - is this normal and will it be okay once I put it in the water.
Is there anything on can spray on the shaft or is this not necessary ?

About 1000 threads about this very topic......this makes 1001....

It's normal. Don't run a water reliant boat on dry land...

Don't spray it with anything. Drop in in the water and run it under normal conditions.

[FrankSchwab]

Yup, entirely normal, especially if it's been out of the water for awhile.

I put mine in gear once on the trailer, and the extraordinarily loud squeal sounded like I'd summoned demons from Hell. Needless to say, I learned to never do THAT again...

/frank

[bryangold]

Thank you all