Re: Ongoing questions: this time "Gearcase"

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September 19, 2018 at 1:35 am #83147
frankr
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    1957 was the first year for the improved pinion gear & bearing. The plastic prop nut scared me when I saw the first one, but after seeing a few thousand more with no failure, I decided they are ok after all. In truth, I’ve seen more failures with the threaded nut where the shear pin broke and the prop then spun the nut off and everything went down to Davy Jones’