Suspicious outdrive

dhammann

Petty Officer 1st Class
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I removed my Alpha-I drive to grease the U joints and coupler for the first time. When I went back on with it, it slid on freely until the last one inch of travel ( It came off easily )I suspected bad engine alignment so I raised the front motor support up a little bit to see if this would help but it had no effect. I pulled the drive up with the six bolts but it took 20 ft.lbs of torque to do this and now I am worried that I put to much thrust on the drive bearing, it seems to run fine though. The strange thing is that when it got tight I loosened it up and slid back faily easily. Call me a worry-wart.
 
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