Drives "clunk" into gear
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Drives "clunk" into gear
Hi Guys, my bravo drives make a pretty resounding clunk going into forward gear. They clunk less going into reverse. Idle is about 500 rpm. A friend told me that there are some sort of springs in the top of the drive that get weak and cause this hard thump. Is this true? Any comments? BTW, I've had drives off of this boat and others for u-joint replacement, alignment, etc, but have never torn a drive down before.
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clunking in gear
i tighted mine to 55 on left engine took slack away. tightened rt drive still loose went to 70 ft lbs last winter, the end of this summer it broke both gimbals were it was bolted through so be careful. it cost me 4k to have both gimbals ,upper steer shafts,boots replaced . now i ck them every winter to make sure they are at 55lbs when there loose they ruin alot of parts.
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