Abstract: A lock tab wrench for removing lock tabs from the shafts of outboard motors, which lock tab wrench includes a handle, a fulcrum extending from the underside of the handle, a threaded allen screw tip projecting from the fulcrum and a shaped hook pivotally mounted on the end of the handle opposite the fulcrum. The hook is provided with a projecting hook retainer at the extending end, which hook retainer is designed to engage the bent tabs on a lock tab seated on the propeller shaft inside the propeller hub and straighten the tabs in order to facilitate unthreading the shaft nut from the motor shaft.