Now what!!! NWSL gearbox issue

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Wayne, the scoring was rings around the shaft as if a foriegn object was in the gearbox. As I stated before I did find some brass chips in the gearbox when I opened it up. I agree that the brass is a softer metal then steel, but stranger things have happened. Another thing I thought of was when I cut the shaft there could have been a steel burr left on the shaft that I missed when cleaning which could have caused the scoring.The part that failed was the reciever cup from the universal U-joint kit (NWSL 488-6) as a matter of fact, 2 failed. I thought the same thing about the shaft extending out the nose end of the gear box, but I can't see it rubbing on anything. Anyway I ordered a new one from NWSL over the weekend. I'll probably give Dave a call tomorrow and see what he thinks.


Thanks for your insight,

Mark