When I was getting ready to do some work on my outboard I noticed that the angle of the drive shaft is tilted aft. Should the driveshaft be parallel to the transom, in other words perfectly perpendicular to the ground? Or should it have this little tilt to it? The trim now would indicate that it would lift the bow if it were a small runabout. This is my first outboard experience, so any advice is appreciated. BTW, it's a Tohatsu 6hp if that makes any difference. Thanks, Joe Seafrog M17 Tip of the day. For sanding that hard to get at areas of teak hand rails, buy a 1" wide sand paper belt(s) used for belt sanders. Cut them at the seam and you have a 24" piece of indistructable sand paper (actually emory cloth). Run it under the handles and pull back and forth with both hands. Kinda like the old shoe shine method..... jm