FOS1 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Hi all. Today i was to replace the grease nipples on the front & rear props. Easy enough job.....untill i hit a little problem. The front prop had to be removed. The last time that i did anything to any prop, it split into 2 parts, via the splined shaft. You could use man power to split the shaft. I could not split it without the use of a big hammer. Then after much hammering and it parted, i decided to put a complete new end on. UJ / Yoke and spline shaft - complete. I had to do the same again. Put the hammer to work. I thought the splined shaft was supposed to move togather and apart easy to allow for movement in the springs and load ect. There is some kind of plastic/nylon coating on the shaft but it looks like that is supposed to be there. There is plenty of grease in there so its not stuck in the prop. My question is.........should the spline shaft move in and out with little effort? and why wont mine and how can i correct this. Over a period of time i would have thought this been unable to move will cause some dammage somewhere?. I have had to re-build the prop and put it back......with it been Sunday i can not replace it if thats what it needs. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegibbs Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi, Splines must move or you will damage gearbox and or diff and or gearbox mountings. They do sieze up and if you can not get them to move again easily replace the shaft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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