"I have had a slight knocking
"I have had a slight knocking noise from my outdrive for the past few years mainly at trolling speed in a hard turn. When straight no noise. I've had the drive off and could not find any play in the u-joints or the bearing. No water or rust in there. Yesterday I noticed for the 1st time a vibration that was worse in the 2900-3100 rpm range. It smoothed out at 3200 and above but still was noticeable. I did a search on here and someone else had the same symptom and was reluctant to change u-joints because he too could not find any play. He replaced the bearing and that did not help, he then changed the u-joints and that did it. Just looking for reassurance, still have low speed hard over knocking and now the vibration. U-joints seem likely? correct?"
"I have had a slight knocking noise from my outdrive for the past few years mainly at trolling speed in a hard turn. When straight no noise. I've had the drive off and could not find any play in the u-joints or the bearing. No water or rust in there. Yesterday I noticed for the 1st time a vibration that was worse in the 2900-3100 rpm range. It smoothed out at 3200 and above but still was noticeable. I did a search on here and someone else had the same symptom and was reluctant to change u-joints because he too could not find any play. He replaced the bearing and that did not help, he then changed the u-joints and that did it. Just looking for reassurance, still have low speed hard over knocking and now the vibration. U-joints seem likely? correct?"