just one thing; when i hold both the left and right outdrive hubs together following assembly of the diff gear, bearings and hubs, etc, should i not be able to hold one side and the other should rotate smoothly with no gritty feeling?
when i re-assembled them i did so following the instructions which was to turn the bolt so that the captive would reach max with the spring underneath and then to back off 1/8 of a turn. when i did this it still felt gritty so then i backed off more
what i have no idea of is what a normally adjusted one should feel like when adjusted properly. if a bit of a gritty feeling is normal then it sounds like i kept it too loose. if there should be no grittyness at all then chances are i could have wear in the washers, bearings or some dirt in the diff gear where the bearings are...
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