MR drive driveshaft re-assembly

brucec

Seaman
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Jul 6, 2003
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I am having trouble putting the drive shaft (U-joint) back into the stern-drive. My unit is old enough to have the small spacer between the bearings so I need to torque the nut by the gear to 70 ft lbs. I use the hose clamp to align the bearings and large spacer. I assume this hose clamp is to get them all aligned so it will allow the gear and bearings to slide in. No matter what i do I cant get the last bearing to enter the drive. Is there a better way to get these 3 parts lined up?The housing is really clean and I used grease. It cant be good to keep loosening and re-tightening the nut.
 
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