thank you very much, that makes sense. I'm gonna try a bronze one since it shifts well and idles down really nice. we'll see. turns out the very top portion of the upper drive shaft got cut right off. gonna take the powerhead off today and try to remove the broken piece, get it ready for a new...
thanks for the speedy response! I'm surprised that a steel pin was used. I'd have guessed bronze...oh well anyways Good to know that it's not too bad of a job to drop the lower, I'll have to research that. I'm assuming I could find the shop/owners manual on this forum? thanks again for the...
Hello fellow boaters! I have a '77 evinrude 25hp short shaft outboard that I hit a log with unfortunately. anyways upon inspection I noticed whoever had before me used a steel pin for "shear pin", which only bent. I replaced the lower housing which had cracked, sealed it, fluids etc. put a new...