Originally Posted by
irvinew
The outdrive is difficult to turn; it turns but it is tight.
The design is this according to memory and instructions; the first 9x3? shim is under the larger o-ring at the bottom of the outdrive shaft. The smaller o-ring is of course in that grove on the shaft of the outdrive. The other shim is of course is inside the gear case of which is held in place with the pin of which the gear sits on.
I'm fairly sure the shim under the o-ring needs to be there?
Just a side note; I do have the new steel outdrives back there and these directions I used to assemble the gear diff was from the supplementary setup manual from AE, not the default method as listed from the manual.
Get rid of the shims on the outdrives, just use the o rings. So that is one shim under the sun gear and no shims on the outdrive. I had the same problem and so far there have been no issues not running the shim. I have also talked to others that had the same problem.