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skierrick 
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 Topic: Drive shaftPosted: July-02-2013 at 11:28pm |
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skierrick here with a question. My American skier ford 302 runs great, but I noticed my drive shaft I can see about a quarter inch of the keyway sticking out of the coupler. Does this mean my drive shaft is moving or coming loose. Is this an easy fix. I dont know if its been like this since I bought the boat.
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Bones71
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Posted: July-02-2013 at 11:44pm |
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Can you post a pic of what you see? If its a heat shrunk fitting I would say its not slipping. These couplings don't move easily. It's not a Replacement ARE is it? Bones.
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SNobsessed
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Posted: July-02-2013 at 11:45pm |
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I think this is normal. However, if you have not aligned it recently, now would be a good time to unbolt the coupler & look at it closely.
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TX Foilhead
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Posted: July-03-2013 at 1:03am |
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I managed to pull mine out about a 1/4 in catching a wakeboard rope at idle. The slow speed didnt cut the rope an it got tight enough to begin to pull the shaft out of the coupling before the boat stalled or was turned off. I ran it a couple of years like that with no issues, alignment was good and it never moved again. I suspect there are plenty of people who have done this and never noticed it or have no idea what happened to cause it.
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skierrick
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Posted: July-03-2013 at 9:50am |
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Thanks guys I have had no issues are lake is very deep I never hit anything. I am pretty sure its oringinal to the boat.Thanks sorry but I am heading back to the lake, Iam on vacation.
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boardersdad
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Posted: July-05-2013 at 7:41pm |
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Wow, I'm going to post an almost identical question!
Different model and year, though, so I'll start a new thread. |
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