angus99
Guru
Lots of good thoughts here. Thanks.
A related dilemma is what to do about the shaft-to-transmission couplings. The flanges on the prop side are through-bolted and the bolt on the port side keeps shearing under load—possibly the result of some play in the keyway. I’m strongly considering replacing the flanges with proper split couplings, ideally while the boat’s out of the water.
But I’m not sure what I’ll run into with the black spacers that are between each coupling. Not sure what they are or why they’re there unless it was to replace some previously installed drive savers—or perhaps they’re some kind of vibration dampener? Anybody have these or seen anything like them?
A related dilemma is what to do about the shaft-to-transmission couplings. The flanges on the prop side are through-bolted and the bolt on the port side keeps shearing under load—possibly the result of some play in the keyway. I’m strongly considering replacing the flanges with proper split couplings, ideally while the boat’s out of the water.
But I’m not sure what I’ll run into with the black spacers that are between each coupling. Not sure what they are or why they’re there unless it was to replace some previously installed drive savers—or perhaps they’re some kind of vibration dampener? Anybody have these or seen anything like them?