Thank you Dave , and I appreciate you mentioning the O-ring, appreciate you coming by

Yes , that makes all the difference, it lines up the splines

You should have it in gear when you pull it, when you go to mate the two back together you will probably have to turn the prop to get the two to splines to match up, good luck, and thank you

Glad I could help 😄

Thank you Chris, very much appreciate your comment

Glad you got it, yeah those splines can be tough to get, to go together at times

Sounds good, nice to know where everything stands, 👍

Thank very much

You got it, thanks

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Sorry he was 7 at the time, at least back then he wanted to hang out with me, lol, thanks for coming by

@@DesertRatFabrication oh yeah, he’ll be back wanting to hang out in a few years... when he is 30 or so!! Lol. Thanks again for the information. Helped immensely.

Thank you🙏

Yeah yeah my camera man was 7, try getting to hang with me now, I would take shaky anytime, there’s always someone that has to put there two cents in🙃

It’s all good as long as you got something from it

Thank you very much, glad it helped

thanks much

You are very welcome William, thanks for stopping by

Glad you liked it!, and thanks for watching

Thank you much appreciated👍

Thanks for the visit, and thanks for watching

No it should be in gear

Yes prop needs to be on, can’t turn just shaft by hand, I believe I turned mine to the left, but look at the video to make sure , also pretty sure you can do either direction as long as you took it off in gear, that’s the important part, in gear before disassemble

That is an excellent idea, there’s more than one way to skin a cat, thanks for stopping by

Thank you, and thank's for watching

@@DesertRatFabrication iv spent 3 hours with two other people trying to get mine on... and we cant figure it out for the life of us. We have it all the way on to where the bolts are almost sticking through the holes, but it just wont go any further

Turn the prop while you are pushing it on it should slide right on, make sure it is in gear

Twanos Beyahos Thanks for watching, I used Bellows Adhesive, it is resistant to oil, grease, gasoline, and water, also put a little lube on the drive to transom seal after glueing in the outside

Yes turn prop while pushing, should be in gear when you took it apart

I would say for sure out drive

spun hub. extremely easy fix. google it. spun prop hub

I wish i could help, but i have never hear of the shaft coming off the U-joint

Use like a dog cable in a hangman noose to wrap the rest of the shaft above the Ujoint.. A slide hammer on the other end maybe connected to the cable with a bolt and washer. Spray Liquid Wrench on the shaft as far in as you can see. Soak it and let it sit for 24 hours with the Liquid Wrench on it. Then slide hammer away. Good luck.

@@stephen6759 very nice Steven, that is a great idea hope Dom Dom, sees your response, thank you for chiming in

Yes that should make it slide in like butter

Mercruiser bellows Adhesive ,just a little on the back side and top, and a little dab of grease on the inside, good luck

@@DesertRatFabrication Nice Video. You can also you 3M Black Super Weatherstrip and Gasket Adhesive which can be found online or auto parts store. It was recommended to me by a certified Mercruiser shop in my area. The shop has over four decades of experience. I used it for my shift cable boot, but is that same thing if not better than Merc bellow adhesive. Side note: The key with the shift cable boot was to sand the inside of the boot since it is impregnated with a poison to deter muskrats and I've had zero issued with it pulling away.

The water passage o-ring needs to be glued in with bellows adhesive or weatherstrip adhesive. The face of the water passage on the drive should be clean, and coated with grease so the o-ring doesn't shift during installation. If the o-ring is displaced, you will see water coming out of the transom shift cable on top of the engine when the engine is running.

@@219gavin ..... Oh,man,this is the best advice and caution, of all; thank you much!

You will have to manually put it in gear, dont forget to turn the prop when you go to slide it in, this lets the splines line up

@@user-hj8tg5fq3w turn prop to right in gear and it will slip in like butter

​@@DesertRatFabricationI'm having an issue getting the driveshaft in the last couple inches. Prop is locked in gear (won't turn left). But when I turn it clockwise to try to line up the splines, the prop just spins while the shaft doesn't. The shaft will only barely move if I try to force the locked prop counter clockwise. My gear tab is facing forward so I know I am in drive. Any advice?

I just put the bellows cement on one side of the o ring,and push it in up against the drive

Yes, sorry better late than never 😆

Is that the best you got

Very shaky, i was watching in 1.75x speed, had to go back to nomal,was getting dizzy and could'nt see nothing lol; cannot even understand how that constant shaking was possible; still a helpful video,by no means complete,but ok.