Alpha one gen 2 drive not going in last 1/4 inch ??

[ilove2fixx]

Hi guys I'm almost done thank God.. but My drive is not going in flush last 1/4 inch .. on bottom of drive it's about flush but top is abiut 1/4-1/2 inch gap ?? I didn't tighten the nuts yet ... I'm thinking the big rubber gasket inside bell housing got tangled up?? I'm also having an issue with the drive not staying in foward , I put back the shift cable But still sometimes if moving the drive a little it'll go into neutral .. so I raise the drive and move the shift shaft with fingers till it prop locks when going CCW .. but when I spin prop CW doesn't seem like the ujoint is moving ??

 

[Bondo]

I didn't tighten the nuts yet ... I'm thinking the big rubber gasket inside bell housing got tangled up?? I'm also having an issue with the drive not staying in foward ,

Ayuh,..... Could be,.... Pull it back off, 'n Look,....

As for holdin' the drive in forward, I'll tell ya what I do,....

I wrap a rubber bungee strap from the cav-plate, 'round the prop/ shaft, back up to the other side of the cav-plate,....

Then ya twist the shift foot to forward, 'n turn the prop/ shaft, so's the drive ratchets a couple of clicks, puttin' tension on the bungee strap, 'n the shift dogs in the drive, lockin' it into forwards gear,...

 

[ilove2fixx]

Thanks bondo I got it in it was the darn square oring tangled up in the ujoints ...

But still had about 1/8 of an inch gap so I just tightened away and it was flush .. thanks

 

[achris]

That rubber ring should be glued in place. If it got tangled up, it wasn't glued.