Re: Drive Shaft Binding and dog question? 35 hp super quiet

[raglover]

Well sorry for the lack of pics but I am now about 90 percent sure I have a bent housing.

1. Reset the bearings…..they are bottomed out. Used propane to heat and a driving bar to seat them until I got the "ping" of bottoming out.
2. Made sure thrust washers were in the correct order per manual
3. Removed upper drive shat seal and bronze bushing, drive shaft glides into the pinion no problem like I would expect
4. Tried to slide bronze bushing in and it will not go without putting some leverage on the upper shaft, not much since I have a fairly big moment arm, and I can push bushing in.
5. Once I do that the drive shaft will not pull out of pinion without a lot of force which is even harder with the light coat of grease all over it now.

I have tried another pinion and drive shaft with the same results.

Do the experts agree? I have heard of this before but never seen it. Is it common? The drive shaft and upper bushing show no really abnormal wear that would indicate it ran like this or if it did it must have worn the lower bearings that were water damaged. I really assume this is not a runnable condition on an otherwise good drive shaft, gear set and power head, correct?

Anything to look for in the donor market to indicate the issue?

Thanks,

Allen