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It is very possible that the gearcase is bent (or even cracked behind the water bypass plate). In fact, the factory service manual shows how to check for a bent case.
As for the detent balls, that all sounds OK. Yeah, I’ve looked at those half-exposed balls and wondered also. But not to worry, they can’t get out of there. And it is a much better system since they were added.
Your pivot pin mis-alignment sounds like a bent shifter fork, or a shift rod adjustment problem. OR, is it a factory drilled prop shaft, or one that was drilled in the field? If the latter, it may be drilled off-center. It is pretty difficult to get them drilled on center without doing it on a milling machine or an adequate drill press set-up.