fleetwin.
You are right. I have no idea why changing the driveshaft would help. Lol. And it didn’t. I too have had posts disappear before I could actually post them.
Today I tried the new shaft. It made no difference. I also tried removing the rear oil seal pin, just in case it was too long and elevating the seal housing. It seemed to make some improvement, but when I tighten down the last little bit, it seizes. It gets harder and harder to turn as I tighten it down, and I want to note that as it begins to become harder to turn, I can feel a rhythmic pattern to the vibration which I believe is the gears meshing together excessively with the pinion. I have not installed the new washers yet. Not expecting much from that but will give it a try.
Considering I was unable to find anything on the skeg rubbing on the drive shaft assembly with the carbon paper, I am trying to come up with a different way of determining where, if any, unwanted pressure is being applied to the driveshaft assembly when the skeg is tightened down. Since everything turns very nicely without the skeg on, and the pinion and gears look very well married to each other, I have to believe the skeg is applying force to some part of the driveshaft/gears to be causing this.
Bottom line is that I should have all the correct parts installed. I’m tempted to crack the other, working, gearcase open and try to see exactly why it is working. I probably had both of these apart at the same time and may have swapped something out that I shouldn’t have.
