I completed reassembly of my 1974 140 after transom repair and replacing shift cable, all bellows, water hose, gimbal bearing and shift shaft bushing. Initial operation on the muffs was good, including tilting and shifting into forward and reverse. Now, just before I was ready to put it into the water, I'm hearing clunking sounds when reaching the high or low range of the tilt and can duplicate the sound just a little when turning the outdrive. I initially thought I didn't get the water hose in correctly, as it seemed to loose where it comes through the transom, but it doesn't seem to be impacting tilting or turning.
The u-joints looked and felt ok and I greased them before re-assembly, but I am wondering if that is where the noise is coming from. I did engine alignment, although the last inch or so going in with the alignment bar had a little more resistance than the rest. When reinstalling the outdrive, I had to push harder with my feet and my back against the garage wall to get it to go the last couple of inches, but didn't have to force it on any more than that.
The only other potentially relevant piece of information is the existence of some gear lube in the u-joint bellows at disassembly. I figured I have seals to replace, but was going to make that a project for another day.
Is it possible the u-joints are binding or hitting something during tilt and/or turning?
The u-joints looked and felt ok and I greased them before re-assembly, but I am wondering if that is where the noise is coming from. I did engine alignment, although the last inch or so going in with the alignment bar had a little more resistance than the rest. When reinstalling the outdrive, I had to push harder with my feet and my back against the garage wall to get it to go the last couple of inches, but didn't have to force it on any more than that.
The only other potentially relevant piece of information is the existence of some gear lube in the u-joint bellows at disassembly. I figured I have seals to replace, but was going to make that a project for another day.
Is it possible the u-joints are binding or hitting something during tilt and/or turning?