I had it in forward like you say, but the driveshaft is frozen and won't
turn to allow the splines to line up. Drive shaft wont turn in forward
nuetral or reverse. The propeler shaft does though.

Mark

"Gorf" wrote in message
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"Woodchuck" wrote in message
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I think the drive must be in forward to remove & install the drive.


Right you are, and you have to careful that the square shifter fork on the
right side remains upright while sliding the outdrive on, if it twists
from
the upright position, it will not engage. You can check by raiseing the
drive and moving the shifter, there is a fork that you can reach from
underneath- you should feel it move. Should be straight forward when the
shifter is forward.



"Mark" wrote in message
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Hi Guru's,
I took off the foot to install the new waterpump. I had difficulty
getting it back on and noticed that the prop won't turn the drive
shaft
no
matter what position I have the shift shaft in. When I was removing
the
prop, it moved backwards and clicked a time ot two when I was getting
it
into position to wedge the block. Any idea's on what the problem might
be?

Thanks, Mark