Dripless prop shaft seal is leaking on moomba v drive

[agoulet]

Hi all, happy holidays! Got back to the cottage with the items I was missing. Job was going super well, got the shaft nut out np, inserted a socket as a spacer, and threaded on my new linger bolts easily. Started tightening evenly as my son turned the prop so I could tighten a little, one at a time.

Was going super well but as it got tighter, I was using all my strength to tighten and I ended up misthreading 3 of the nuts as a result! Couldn’t get them off so had to carefully saw them off with my oscillating tool. 100$ worth of blades later and a lot of sweat, I am back to this step of getting the coupler off.

I’m wondering what I did wrong? [mention]Holdmybeer [/mention], could the socket I used as a spacer have been too wide? Does it need to rest on the tip of the shaft?


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[Holdmybeer]

Not sure if the socket is the best option.
I tried that with mine and I couldn't get it to "pop" free. This is when I built my tool.

You need to be able to push against the shaft and pull the coupler at the same time.

The bolts didn't cross they bind up unless you use fine thread and grease on the threads.
If you are going to try again, put the drive end on the socket against the shaft and then go diagonal back and forth tightening the longer bolts.