Originally Posted by
p.j.m
a few dings and nicks...
I've been following this thread as best as I could, so apologies if I'm repeating someone's comment.
The flange above, which is connected to the driveshaft, is obviously the main focus of attention, so it's not surprising it was removed for safe keeping prior to prop transportation.
As for The Australian article:
The gearbox overheating and causing the gearbox to seize sounds very feasible to me. Maybe the gearbox overheated because of a lack of oil, or maybe because of a design weakness. If the SAAB gearboxes often overheat, then this would be a reasonable line of investigation to follow.