Hoping someone can give me a quick tip on removing the gears from the lower unit, ever done it before?
Special tool? Brute Force? Hopefully just missing the obvious... but also missing the water!
I'm cross-posting this on 3 boards since my motor is a '73 Sears Gamefisher made by Eska, same as Ted Williams.
The forward & pinion gears are stripped but I have a good replacement set sitting on a parts motor.
Tried swapping lower units first but the parts lower has a bad drive shaft and shift linkage.
I removed the prop & gear assembly, shift linkage and impeller but the bad gears are held in by the driveshaft.
There does not seem to be a pinion nut or retaining clip on the gearbox-end of the shaft, just a splined end.
Under the impeller there is a plastic cap that seals the openingthrough which the shaft enters the gearbox.
There are notches on a raised collar next to the shaft but I will damage the plastic if I make the wrong move.
The forward & pinion gears are stripped but I have a good replacement set sitting on a parts motor.
Tried swapping lower units first but the parts lower has a bad drive shaft and shift linkage.
I removed the prop & gear assembly, shift linkage and impeller but the bad gears are held in by the driveshaft.
There does not seem to be a pinion nut or retaining clip on the gearbox-end of the shaft, just a splined end.
Under the impeller there is a plastic cap that seals the openingthrough which the shaft enters the gearbox.
There are notches on a raised collar next to the shaft but I will damage the plastic if I make the wrong move.
Special tool? Brute Force? Hopefully just missing the obvious... but also missing the water!
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