Shaft slipping Out?

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   rotate the prop and look for a heavy drag spot while it's out of the water to verify that everthing is aligned properly. 

You should be able to spin the prop and have a consistent drag for 360 degress, if there is a heavy or litle spot where the ressistant changes as you rotate it then you need to fine tune the alignment a little.

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79nautique Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: January-27-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7872	Post Options Post Reply Quote 79nautique Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-21-2006 at 8:07am
	rotate the prop and look for a heavy drag spot while it's out of the water to verify that everthing is aligned properly. You should be able to spin the prop and have a consistent drag for 360 degress, if there is a heavy or litle spot where the ressistant changes as you rotate it then you need to fine tune the alignment a little.

The Lake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Joined: May-13-2005 Location: Lk Winnebago MO Status: Offline Points: 1157	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Lake Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-21-2006 at 9:06am
	Thanks 79, I checked that out, the prop does 360 in both directions with consistent drag. With this new shaft I can just feel the boat running smooth as butter.
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GottaSki Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: April-21-2005 Location: NE CT Status: Offline Points: 3333	Post Options Post Reply Quote GottaSki Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-21-2006 at 11:36am
	Binding at one location means the shaft-to-coupler misalignment (or a bent shaft) is additive to the coupler-to-coupler (engine angle) misalignment. 180 degrees away they are subtractive. Since you have a fresh double taper shaft, you can count of the shaft and it coupler being square, so all that can result is the shaft being hard to turn no matter its location in the revolution due to coupler-to-coupler alignement (engine angular alignment) 79 and I are saying its best to check your engine aligment now with fresh parts so you don't fatigue anything. The shaft should be as easy to turn with the coupler bolts loose, as they are when they are torqued. Anything else is unacceptable.
	"There is nothing, absolutely nothing, half so much worthwhile as messing around with boats...simply messing." River Rat to Mole

The Lake Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Platinum Member Joined: May-13-2005 Location: Lk Winnebago MO Status: Offline Points: 1157	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Lake Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-21-2006 at 11:57am
	Thanks Gotta, All that checks out, the shaft turns without binding with the coupler bolted up and with the coupler free. I checked the strut bearing and cannot see any discernable wear. I really like this Double Taper system. Like I said the old girl really is runnning smooth with it and there is no wobble or vibration at all through the packing nut into the shaft log. Now, now worries about powering off of trailer
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