TRS drive install
05-22-2015, 07:19 PM
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TRS drive install
Please help, what is the trick? I have fought and fought this for hours. Alignment tool goes in perfect. It's like since the shaft is tapered it sits just low enough that it won't start.
I have slammed on alphas bravos omcs etc with no issue ever but this is brutal. Tried tape, string to pull up shaft, everything and now I am completely spent.
I have slammed on alphas bravos omcs etc with no issue ever but this is brutal. Tried tape, string to pull up shaft, everything and now I am completely spent.
05-22-2015, 07:44 PM
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Sometimes they go right on, sometimes they fight. I've had the same drive go right in first time, then the next time I spend an hour fiddling with it. Best to use something to hold the drive in the air while you fiddle with the shaft until it finally goes in, like a cherry picker engine hoist or drive jack.
05-22-2015, 08:15 PM
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Ok, I have an engine hoist so I could use that. Also the seal for the lube resovoir is so easy to damage I put a temporary steel plate over it in case it does go in all at once.
I'm thinking of drilling a couple small holes just behind the coupler to put in a screwdriver to lift the shaft a bit so it can start in. This is totally ridiculous.
I'm thinking of drilling a couple small holes just behind the coupler to put in a screwdriver to lift the shaft a bit so it can start in. This is totally ridiculous.
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05-22-2015, 08:27 PM
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No splines are all good. What I don't get is that they look and work like an alpha/bravo but I've never had this issue with those drives when the alignment tool slides in no problem. There is just a slight spline mark in the grease 360 degrees around it with zero resistance going in and out
05-22-2015, 08:52 PM
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Ahh, nope keep the suggestions coming though!! I recently set a 454 in a bravo boat and used it without issue as well as checking an alpha boat. That tool is thick and would take some serious abuse to bend it.
05-22-2015, 09:03 PM
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I have 1 drive that fights me all the time. It appears that at one time the tailstock bearing seized and spun on the input shaft. It is a few thousandths smaller in that area. I take 1 or 2 wraps of electrical tape and put it on the input shaft so as the electrical tape is centering the shaft right before it engages. You might have to trial and error where the tape need to be. I believe when mine stops dead I can see the location on the shaft where it is in the bearing.
