Originally Posted by
MrJackson
So here's what I've figured out so far. Upon looking at the bolt head through a magnifying glass (I do that a lot lately), it appears that the previous owner ground a little off the underside of the head in an attempt to get it to fit further into the layshaft so they could put a cotter pin BEHIND the head of the drawbolt instead of through the hole in it. SO.... I took the bolt out (again) and counted the threads that engage the input shaft at the other end. Of the 15 or so turns it takes to thread the bolt until it bottoms out, it would take five complete turns counterclockwise to align the cotter pin holes in the bolt and the layshaft, leaving 10 threads engaged in the input shaft. Is this enough? Or do I need a new drawbolt?