Took props off to go get the rear repaired and noticed a few things that i wasn't OK with. A few things that didn't look right, first, there was a small, tight spring that was wrapped around the shaft housing, plastic seal pieces and some wear on the front prop from apparent contact with the rear. I am new to this set up as I came from a Johnson outboard. Motor is 1988 AQ211a and what I believe is a 280 DP outdrive from drawing ID (father likes to paint over everything). I couldn't really find any info on any of this so any help and a direction would be greatly appreciated. I tried to upload a photo but not sure how to resize it