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Thank you for the feedback.
Feel better about detent and balls in prop shaft.
I will get some pics today but to clarify a few points first. The binding comes with the skeg off and only when I drop the drive shaft into the pinion gear. There is no additional resistance in the system. Binding may be a poor word as I can rotate the system but it feels like I am really dragging on the driveshaft bearings.
I also put the bearings in with a driver but the could be off, will check again. I am using the original shift rod but the later model fork so length should be the same. I put a very small chamfer on the end of the pin and got it to go.
Not sure what you mean by field drilled prop shaft bore, assumed they were all milled at the factory? I agree that would be tough at best in the field.