Determining Warranty eligibility + clarification on drive noise

[pkg40]

1 - I purchased a boat form owner who upgraded to SEI 106 drive within the last year. I do not have the original sales receipt. Is there any way to determine if this drive is covered under warranty?

2 - In sifting through the threads it seems like clattering noise when steering hard port or starboard is a common behavior for these drives. My drive does this as well. Only while in the water. I can't reproduce this in my driveway. Assuming that the drive is not still under warranty, is there a technical document describing how to fix?

[Technical Support]

Please give the warranty department a call with the serial number and we will let you know about the warranty status.

The noise could be the u-joints. The easy way to fix it would be to replace them. The other possibility is that the gimbal bearing is not installed properly.

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[pkg40]

Since the drive has about 20 hours on it, I would be concerned about spending 400 bucks on new u-joints and having the same problem.

I don't believe the problem is the gimbal bearing as that was just checked by mechanic.

Are there instructions for determining which if either of these is the cause? Should I be concerned about waiting until the end of the fishing season to attend to this?

Thanks,
PK

[Tech Support]

If a mechanic has inspected the gimbal bearing to see if it is seated all the way in then the problem should be the u-joints. You can inspect the u-joint assembly for signs of rubbing on the yokes. Also inspect the u-joints themselves for end play in the yokes. You should not have more than .010" movement.

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