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Originally Posted by baitkiller
Make sure you do a proper alignment. That's most likely why it failed in the first place. Get some Gortex packing for the shaft log. Damn close to dripless.
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Hi , Are you saying the drive shaft may have failed from improper alignment ? I believe the guy before me or a hack shop had it apart at some point and when it was put back together the big nut in the coupler wasn't tightened enough not to mention the set screw didn't have any signs of lock tight on it what so ever . The shaft didn't actually break it appeared the set screw was loose and the big nut backed off . Then from towing the big tube and boarding and forward to reverse shifting on and off the trailer and docking caused the brass square stock in there to get really beat up and fail from the coupler jacking back and forth on the shaft and square stock from being loose which allowed the coupler to eventually free spin on the shaft.
I felt it necessary to replace the shaft because the key way was in really rough shape and I didn't want to take any chances out on the lake or especially the delta with the family on board . Any who, since I'm a gorilla I'm pretty positive I got new one tightened properly .The new drive shaft system came with new coupler and nuts and keys (steel this time at the coupler) and the set screw came with that good thick lock tight stuff already applied to it . I hope it doesn't need an alignment as I'm supposed to take the family out this weekend . Also I never had any kind of vibration what so ever the boat is super smooth at all RPM's . I'm sure the Acme prop helps with the butter smoothness as well. I guess I shall find out . If I have any kind of vibration I'll have it aligned by a professional and It seems really tricky .