[THEFERMANATOR]

Things keep getting better. I made an aluminum replacement and it is still trying to pop out of forward. So I decided it was time to pull the lower unit apart. The dogs in the forward gear and the clutch dogs were slightly rounded to the point that it is kicking it out of gear. And the transom has started stress cracking on the port stringer to the transom joint, and some delamination in the inner transom liner. What fun! Amazing what shows up when you put it under load. I know the stringers were solid and the glass was attatched until I ran it, but loading it opened up PANDORAS box. Guess I'll be finding out what's really in that transom after all.