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June 23, 2024 at 8:37 am #288523
T….in Wisconsin
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    Removed drive shaft and inspected drive gear. As expected there are sign of wear but not terrible.

    I decided not to remove the drive shaft from the housing as the coupler is doweled to the drive shaft. I see no good reason to remove it.

    Your castings look good. Without getting into the fine details what did you use to clean them up? 400 -1000 grit sandpaper &  scotch brite?

    I thinking the fibrous goober is packing to restrict lower unit grease from migrating.

    T…