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    Kenneth MacDonald
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      I have an 18 hp Elgin outboard with a bent propeller shaft motor # C571.596941. Can it be straightened with 1/4″ ride out? Otherwise I need a new shaft 901098-1. If I pull the shaft out then i would need seals to reinstall it. Any ideas?

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      billw
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        If I had the motor, I would probably try to straighten it, more as a challenge than a sensible job. You would DEFINITELY need to remove it from the gear case and hopefully have access to a hydraulic press and some v-blocks of hardwood or aluminum. Don’t even think about trying to straighten it, IN the gear case; as you will almost assuredly destroy the whole gear case. You will never get it factory perfect but you could probably get it to usable status. In the meantime, I would put out an ad here in the classifieds, looking for another lower unit or parts motor. It is probably a West Bend-built 18, which I think is a great motor, worth trying to save.

        Long live American manufacturing!

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