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Old 10-03-2010, 06:58 PM   #1
Woodsong
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what on earth is this part?????

The other week I discovered that 2 set screws on the shaft had worked themselves loose and shaft walked back about 1.5 inches. *Laying on the bilge floor I also found this strange part:




It is hard to tell in the picture but it is not solid metal- it is a small spring and it is shaped like a triangle. *It was NOT in there in the bilge prior to a couple of days before as I have been going through it a lot. *I have asked the sole decent diesel mechanic on our lake what it is and he said he had no idea which really is not what I wanted to hear. *
I posted this on boatdiesel but thought someone here might know what it is! *Anyone know what it is?
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