Thrust washer wear

[CurrentObsession]

Alpha1 gen 2

Took both drives off, one of the thrust washers has significant wear on the back side, the other has none. Is this an indication of something bad?

 

[Bt Doctur]

thrust washers do not wear because there supposed to turn on the shaft with the propeller.So ,either the prop is defective or someone really wailed on the prop nut
bending the thrust washer.

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... My guess is, yer shutters burnt up, fell apart, down the exhaust, 'n rubbed that mark before bein' expelled altogether,....

 

[CurrentObsession]

I physically put the washer back on the shaft and there is no way it could reach anything that it could rub up against, but now that I think about it, the anode that gets mounted just forward of the washer was so deteriorated that it was loose and probably what did the erosion.

​Thanks, One less issue to worry about.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Looking at the pock-marked drive in the photos, i wouldnt worry about the thrust washer

 

[Blueghost924]

Looking at the pock-marked drive in the photos, i wouldnt worry about the thrust washer

That definitely sounds like a hint hint (you better look at other problems upstream).