No worries. This is a 9.9, and the repair manual says nothing about removing the vertical shaft. All is well; I have to wait for a few parts, and back together it will go.
I didn't bother trying to replace the shift shaft seal. I attempted to remove one of the pins, and it wasn't budging, so I...
Well, The whole gear case is apart, and the culprit is a step in the drive shaft. The shaft at the needle bearing in the housing is a smaller diameter than the shaft at the seals above. Only way to remove the housing is to remove the pinion gear on the end of the drive shaft, then the whole...
I was planning on replacing the drive shaft, and shift shaft seals on the lower water pump housing of my Honda 9.9, but when sliding the housing up the shaft, it hits a stop and won't go any further. It goes up about 1/2". The manual says that it should just come off, but something is preventing...