pulling the motor

[LUVNLIFE]

Thanks That would be cool.
I just e-mailed the pics

[deltarat]

In advance I'm sorry for the dumb questions...
What's a coupler? What causes it to break?
The coupler bolts to the fly wheel and that is the point in which the drive makes contact with the engine. Why this one broke the way it did, no one knows but all of the bolt holes are broken out of it.

[DAVEO]

thanks Terry I was triing to think of a way to explane it

[DAVEO]

Cale got the pic and sent a reply back.

[Obsessive Compulsive]

Good luck Daveo, let me know if you help.

[DAVEO]

this is what I found
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/...0/IMG_2318.jpg

[FOXMAN]

Were there any bolts in the coupler holes that didnt break?? If not the coupler bolts just worked loose and that grenaded the coupler.????

[DAVEO]

Were there any bolts in the coupler holes that didnt break?? If not the coupler bolts just worked loose and that grenaded the coupler.????
yes all but one. But all the bolts were tight.

[DCBob]

Geeze DAVEO, that don't look so bad......ya should be able to fit the plate right back where it was, borrow a few foundation bolt washers off the bolts inside your garage and use them to cover the cracks and you'll be running again in no time!! :idea: Whaddya think See ya later!

[Budweiser]

By no means am I a "pro" (I didn'nt even know what a coupler was), but I just looked at that picture and thought to myself "what could have caused that?", seems to me you should definately check the engine/drive alignment. Aren't the gears usually the weak link?