luhrs_40
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89 luhrs 40 454 crusaders velvet trannys, run perfect last 4 seasons wich i own the boat. This winter needed to change stuffing box rubber hoses both sides , had to take original couplers out of shafts had to do a lot of banging and hitting to seperate them , and then ofcourse replaced old couplers with new split ones, new gfo packing put everything together. Shaft couplers and tranny couplers didnt sit together !00% but after the bolts were tighten they looked ok.. Early this week boat went in to water.. Starboard side is fine , but port tranny makes a metalic noise every 2 to 3 seconds when in drive or reverse but no noise in neutral. The noise seams to come from damper or close to it..Is there a posibily we done damage to internals of the tranny or damage the damper by hiting the couplers? i didnt push the engine more than 1000 rpms soon i heard the noise to minimise the damage.. What i was thinkin before removing the tranny to try to unbolt shaft and tranny couplers and run in drive for a few second s to see if noise still there..In case aligment is out of whack and gears are touching something? Any ideas? Also how far the shaft has to be back for the tranny to seperate from the engine? I was hoping to do it in th water..Thanx in advance