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DonCarron
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" After many weeks, it appears
" After many weeks, it appears that I'm ready to button up the lower end of my CD-12 Johnson. I've found some dodgy repairs from a former owner inside this lower unit, so I don't feel comfortable leaving anything to chance. Further, I've pretty much done these repairs "right" and I hope that the engine will perform well for many years without additional work.
I feel that I ought to verify the gear lash, but can't find any method of doing it. Once the gearset is installed, the lower end is inaccessible. The only clue as to gear lash is gotten gy holding sither the drive shaft or the output shaft and rotating the other. However, movement of either of those includes the additional slack of the lower drive "flats".
Has anyone done this who can give me a clue as to what to look for as acceptable movement? Or even a better way of determining gear lash?
Cheers/Carron "
" After many weeks, it appears that I'm ready to button up the lower end of my CD-12 Johnson. I've found some dodgy repairs from a former owner inside this lower unit, so I don't feel comfortable leaving anything to chance. Further, I've pretty much done these repairs "right" and I hope that the engine will perform well for many years without additional work.
I feel that I ought to verify the gear lash, but can't find any method of doing it. Once the gearset is installed, the lower end is inaccessible. The only clue as to gear lash is gotten gy holding sither the drive shaft or the output shaft and rotating the other. However, movement of either of those includes the additional slack of the lower drive "flats".
Has anyone done this who can give me a clue as to what to look for as acceptable movement? Or even a better way of determining gear lash?
Cheers/Carron "