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Outboard repair question
Hi all,
I have a 9.9 Gamefisher outboard. It's in pretty good shape other than a broken drive shaft so I'd like to repair it. I've dis-assembled the lower end to find a shim broken up in pieces. Seems this may have caused the gears to lock and break the shaft. I'm not certain, though. The strage thing is the shaft had score marks from rubbing against the base plate of the impeller housing. Maybe it was bent or otherwise damaged. Anyway, this shim has been cleaned out of the gear case. But I need to know a couple things: 1) How do you properly shim the lower unit gears? What special tools are required? 2) There are some bits of shim that welded themselves to the end of the prop shaft spline. I'm planning to use a lathe to clean this area, but then will need to make up for the space with shim adjustments. Is this correct or is a new prop shaft a must have? There is no significant damage to the prop shaft. Thanks for any help. Greg |
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