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FWIW;
I decided that I was going to get in over my head with this repair and took it into a mechanic. Sometimes you just gotta know your limitations...
The mechanic had a heck of a time, there's very poor access you can only get one arm in. He couldn't get the coupling off the tail shaft. Ended up taking the entire rear case half off along with the tail shaft to get it into the shaft and pressing it out with a vise.
Ended up costing me some $$$, but it's done now.
Btw, the way to hold the shaft is to put an old zinc on it and then secure with a pipe wrench. I had to dive on the boat to remove the zinc on the outside shaft.
Jack
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