This boat has a "mid level" king cobra drive that uses a lot of the standard cobra LU / Sterndrive parts . BRP shows the u joint shaft as avaialble for this year / sterndrive/ motor combination, OMC 1988 7.5 L 754BPRGDP .

From what I understand ( manual) .... This is a pretty unsual situation for the impeller drive shaft end of this part to be pushed or pressed into the u joint section ( carrier? ) . I had the u joint replaced a year or so ago, and have not had trouble with the impeller " falling off" because of this shortened shaft until now ????

Can the stub & water pump shaft ( # 37) be used to reassemble to the rest of the u joint shaft or do I need a new U joint shaft complete ? #34