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August 31, 2017 at 11:06 am
#64079
No need to take the gearcase apart or change the rod. You can use a chainsaw file to cut a new notch for the connector bolt, exactly 5" below the existing notch. Then cut 5" off the rod. You don’t have to completely encircle the rod with the notch, just where the bolt goes through.
I used to do it all the time.