need help!!!!!!!!!!

[fordmugg]

i have a alpha one gen one outdrive on my boat i changed the u joints and yoke put all new seals torqued the bearings to a rolling torque of 5 inch lbs, i just re installed it and fired up the boat, now when i put it in drive at idle there is a speratic clunking in the upper gears but when i give it a little throttle it goes away..... now could the clunking be in gear and at suck a low idle there is no resistance so the gears kind of smack of should it not do it at all

 

[Don S]

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torqued the bearings to a rolling torque of 5 inch lbs,

Are you positive that is what you should have done with those bearings?

 

[fordmugg]

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isnt it 3 to 5 inch pounds for re using bearings

 

[Don S]

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Depends on your bearing setup. Do you have the small spacer with your bearings?

 

[fordmugg]

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dont think i had the small spacer being i couldnt get the bearings off the gear. so whem i reasembled i slowly tightened the nut and keeped checking rolling torque till i hit 5 inch

 

[ktbarrentine]

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Hmmm...doesnt sound like what I read in my manual.... What is your OD serial number?

 

[fordmugg]

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ser# oa844620

 

[fordmugg]

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ok guys i took the prop off yesterday and put it into gear without it and no clunking while in gear.. i have a backup aluminum prop that im gonna try today also.

 

[achris]

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ser# 0A844620

Nope, not a valid serial number.. Like to try again?

The 'clunking' could be the dogs banging on each other if the idle speed is really slow and changing slightly. And the variation may not even be enough for you detect either. As long as when the engine speed is increased a little it goes away, nothing to worry about....

Chris.......

 

[fordmugg]

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This is what I have on there

 

[achris]

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And this is what I get when I put that number in....

I have also tried every combination of numbers that look like they might be something else. Like substituting 3, 9, 0, 8 and 6 for the 8, 6 and 0... Nothing comes up a drive.

Is the drive an original or maybe a re-manufactured unit?

Chris....

 

[Don S]

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It's a reman, that's why you don't see it Chris, go HERE and try it.

 

[achris]

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It's a reman, that's why you don't see it Chris, go HERE and try it.

Sneeky... Thanks Don.... Would be nice if posters actually mentioned these things , but I guess that would take the fun out of life... :facepalm:

 

[Don S]

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Would be nice if posters actually mentioned these things , but I guess that would take the fun out of life... :facepalm:

He probably didn't know it, and may have happened before he owned the boat.

 

[fordmugg]

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He probably didn't know it, and may have happened before he owned the boat.

Yes thanks the boat is new to me so no I didn't know

 

[fordmugg]

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Well I put the boat on the water yesterday and it seemed fine no wierd clunking or nothing, so I'm thinking out of the water I was getting gear slap cause there was no pressure on the prop

 

[achris]

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It's not gear slap, it's the dog clutch.

 

[fordmugg]

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Yeah your prob right .. I was just worried but now I feel better it was ok when on the water