Not getting gear marks on alignment shaft. I bought a 90 3.7 and a Alpha 1 Gen for the same time period
So I’ve done this before on a 4.3 years ago, but I’m having trouble for some reason this time I’ve purchased a outdrive used rebuilt and a engine and I figured what the heck let me put in a new engine and new outdrive before the season starts.
Now I dropped in the engine. It lined up pretty quickly, but I’m having trouble with the outdrive alignment shaft no matter how much I align the engine whether it’s all the way up or all the way down from the adjustment upfront I never get those perfect grease marks on the alignment shaft.
Now, I looked at the old front engine mount and it was about quarter of an inch gap so I’m trying to mimic that on the installed engine. The alignment shaft goes in OK but I’m just not getting those grease marks on the shaft and I’m having a hell of a time getting this outdrive in
I am about 1inches off now from perfect seal. I know if you turn the prop and you can feel the engine spinning so I am in . When I look at the back of the output you seen the shaft going in so I feel I am at the point where it’s OK to kick it cause I’ve seen some videos where the guy says well if you turn the prop and it kinda pulls it forward,
One more issue is when I put the alignment shaft into the other engine it does NOT make shaft marks on the alignment tool so I don’t understand what’s going on why it would not make marks on the shaft...
I do see a wear mark on the bottom of the alignment tool but even if I make a 5 turn adjustment it does not help
So I’ve done this before on a 4.3 years ago, but I’m having trouble for some reason this time I’ve purchased a outdrive used rebuilt and a engine and I figured what the heck let me put in a new engine and new outdrive before the season starts.
Now I dropped in the engine. It lined up pretty quickly, but I’m having trouble with the outdrive alignment shaft no matter how much I align the engine whether it’s all the way up or all the way down from the adjustment upfront I never get those perfect grease marks on the alignment shaft.
Now, I looked at the old front engine mount and it was about quarter of an inch gap so I’m trying to mimic that on the installed engine. The alignment shaft goes in OK but I’m just not getting those grease marks on the shaft and I’m having a hell of a time getting this outdrive in
I am about 1inches off now from perfect seal. I know if you turn the prop and you can feel the engine spinning so I am in . When I look at the back of the output you seen the shaft going in so I feel I am at the point where it’s OK to kick it cause I’ve seen some videos where the guy says well if you turn the prop and it kinda pulls it forward,
One more issue is when I put the alignment shaft into the other engine it does NOT make shaft marks on the alignment tool so I don’t understand what’s going on why it would not make marks on the shaft...
I do see a wear mark on the bottom of the alignment tool but even if I make a 5 turn adjustment it does not help