knuckle47
Advanced Contributor
"Finally got the engine out to
"Finally got the engine out today after heading to the marina on 1 engine and docking was nuts with the wind. Here is what had happened:
The drive damper is mounted to the flywheel on its outer edge with 1" bolts and lockwashers. ONE of the bolts had worked its way out and was easily turned by hand this had allowed the disc , which is split into sections, to flex. That had allowed the flexing disc to bow out by centrifigual force and at one point it hit the bell housing and was torn away and bent up badly. SO MUCH so it literally stopped the 2200 rpm big block in its tracks.
There was NO thread locker on any bolt I removed today from the engine or trans and v-drive. The job is as DAVE said, a 30 minute repair once everything is on hand. It's the 3 hours it takes to disconnect and un-bolt everything that takes the back breaking work.
The explosive effect of the part caused reasonable damage to the bell housing and it will need to be replaced. In looking at the ring gear in the flywheel, it too will be changed as there is a missing tooth and compared to a new one, well....its well used rounded tooth time has come.. We washed down everything and got the parts ready for painting but the bell house will take a day to get here. HAD WE HAD IT AVAILABLE, the engine would be back in the boat already and set to launch befor the weekend . It's those other SMALL jobs that you can only do with the engine out that will take the rest of the week to get finished. I have a few pictures and will post them once I get them resized for display.
THANKS to everyone involved for their great information here at MARINEENGINE.COM....without it, I could see this job costing enough to bring this years season to a close...However, NOW, we will be out there fishing with the best of them !"
"Finally got the engine out today after heading to the marina on 1 engine and docking was nuts with the wind. Here is what had happened:
The drive damper is mounted to the flywheel on its outer edge with 1" bolts and lockwashers. ONE of the bolts had worked its way out and was easily turned by hand this had allowed the disc , which is split into sections, to flex. That had allowed the flexing disc to bow out by centrifigual force and at one point it hit the bell housing and was torn away and bent up badly. SO MUCH so it literally stopped the 2200 rpm big block in its tracks.
There was NO thread locker on any bolt I removed today from the engine or trans and v-drive. The job is as DAVE said, a 30 minute repair once everything is on hand. It's the 3 hours it takes to disconnect and un-bolt everything that takes the back breaking work.
The explosive effect of the part caused reasonable damage to the bell housing and it will need to be replaced. In looking at the ring gear in the flywheel, it too will be changed as there is a missing tooth and compared to a new one, well....its well used rounded tooth time has come.. We washed down everything and got the parts ready for painting but the bell house will take a day to get here. HAD WE HAD IT AVAILABLE, the engine would be back in the boat already and set to launch befor the weekend . It's those other SMALL jobs that you can only do with the engine out that will take the rest of the week to get finished. I have a few pictures and will post them once I get them resized for display.
THANKS to everyone involved for their great information here at MARINEENGINE.COM....without it, I could see this job costing enough to bring this years season to a close...However, NOW, we will be out there fishing with the best of them !"