man i barely passed chemestry, i dont think i want to attempt that haha!
I am just going to bring it to Chris Carlson Marine in Key largo. Let him deal with it, and i'll be hanging out at the beach drinking a beer until he is done. I'm waiting for a friend to stop by so we can lift the motor into the truck.
I'll keep you guys updated from my cabana.

Got it out! Took a air hammer and a torch but CCM got it out.

Turns out who ever ran the boat last had drive shaft issues and made a homemade drive shaft. No o ring or anything. So yea.
No to decide what to do. The spines aren't the best looking

Get some hard faced welding rod an have at it.LOL


No seriously How bad are the splines. It was working wasnt it?

Slam a new drive shaft in there and be on your way. What more can you do besides putting a new crank in the thing?

GREASE IT this time though.

yea that is the Plan. I have to get a new bracket made, my steel one is heavy and was full of water.
Also i am going to change to 20" shaft. that should bring help. i was my propshaft originally was 3 1/2" below the bottom, 32" back.

Anyone know the transom angle?

dont know I would call Jr or sr unless jimmy of ernie knows.

Your Rum runner has a 13 degree transom.

Morgan

thanks sutphen guy.

I am ordering new bracket, stainless marine can't get one build until after the new year. Thy have 72" wide brackets in stock though, would an 8" gap between the platform and transom corners look screwed up?

thanks

Angelo,
Haven't heard anything from the guy who had the 20" mid. I'll keep my eye open for you.
Jim

I found a 20" mid here for a good price. And CCM can sut down my spines to make a drive shaft to fit my motor.

I have been doing all the number crunching and such and my previous motor propshaft was 5" below the bottom, and the waterline was 2" under the bottom cowl with 20 gal fuel. If i drop the motor 2 inches to get the propshaft 2" below bottom, the motor will be pretty low in the water.

I found a new bracket that will fit, and i can just mount the bracket higher, and keep the motor out of the water more if there is no performance difference in shaft length.