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Thanks so much for all your help and ideas. The sleeve, idea is a good one for one of the shafts, the other unfortunately is very slightly wider at a different point on the shaft (not enough to stop the oil and water seals sliding over it). I've found a company that will grind and build them up using using a ceramic, this appears to be the modern way of metalise or spray weld additional material onto shaft. I'm told the company has a regular stream of Volvo propshafts to treat... Once I get them back and if they seem ok and they don't muck me around I'll post the details. If you have an old style DPH drive this is going to happen to you if you knock up enough hours... Jerry's outdrives being newer will have a modified design where the problem has been largely overcome by having a much longer area to position the new seals. My starboard drive had the lower leg replaced and has the new design.

Why Jim, is someone going to take it out on their boat? R Rob

Join the club Jim !!

Y knot out tomorrow ch6 Actually did not make it off the pontoon engine would not start, mega frustrating after a big bill over Winter.