stripped driveshaft?

[macojoe]

I bet that the drive shaft is good!! More then likely you blew the engine coupler!!
Been there done this!! If I am right?? you are going to have to pull the engine!!
How I did this was I layed a piece of ply on the deck, then I rented a engine hoist and put it right in the boat.
Jacked the motor right up and pushed the hole hoist forward. Now you are able to work on the motor right there.
you will have to remove the bell housing to reveal the coupler. Just unbolt it like a fly wheel on a transmission.
Replace the coupler and do it all in reverse.

Now there is 2 things about this. if you unbolt the motor from the mounts, you will have to make sure that you get it straight when you get the motor in!! So that the out drive is aliened with the motor!!

You can avoid this if you unmount the engine mounts from the bilge and not mess with the motor side of the mounts. This way it only goes in one way and the alignment will stay good .
But sometimes the holes in the bildge will be rotted and they will not take the bolt when you try to reinstall. Then you will have to fix that.

Ok anough for now!!