Got maybe a slight problem here. Forgive me if I don't know all of that proper names for parts.
I was adjusting the forward and reversing gear by loosening the screw and turning the thrust nut? (The one with the grooves in it so the svrew locks it in place.)
i loosened and thought i had it back in the groove, went aft to check the gear and put it in forward to the dent, released, repeated a couple times.
it seemed to tight, so when i went to back the thrust nut back one groove, the screw was gone! also the hole where it goes in is broken!!!! crap! its not all the way broke. only a section about 7/8ths on the back side broke out, kind of like a chip. I had a samr size bolt. ground the threads off and it does screw in and torque down fine, it does lock the nut in place. a test run on the lines at the dock with full power did not cause it to loosen or worse fall out.
i read here somewhere, and i'm pretty sure of the fix, is to turn 180 degrees and there is another place where i could drill and tap a new hole.
Question is, can i do this on the boat? is my fix sufficent for a few months? how does that mechanism work? from what i can see and from the manual, it just keeps the nut from turning. which it still does.
I was adjusting the forward and reversing gear by loosening the screw and turning the thrust nut? (The one with the grooves in it so the svrew locks it in place.)
i loosened and thought i had it back in the groove, went aft to check the gear and put it in forward to the dent, released, repeated a couple times.
it seemed to tight, so when i went to back the thrust nut back one groove, the screw was gone! also the hole where it goes in is broken!!!! crap! its not all the way broke. only a section about 7/8ths on the back side broke out, kind of like a chip. I had a samr size bolt. ground the threads off and it does screw in and torque down fine, it does lock the nut in place. a test run on the lines at the dock with full power did not cause it to loosen or worse fall out.
i read here somewhere, and i'm pretty sure of the fix, is to turn 180 degrees and there is another place where i could drill and tap a new hole.
Question is, can i do this on the boat? is my fix sufficent for a few months? how does that mechanism work? from what i can see and from the manual, it just keeps the nut from turning. which it still does.
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