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Dropped Screw, Could it Go into Gears?

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Dnaisbi

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Hello,

I have a Mercury 125 ouboard, 4 cylinder 2 stroke. I was simply emptying the bowels on my carburetors and I dropped a screw. I have spent hours looking for it but I cannot find it. It isn't magnetic so a magnet won't work to get it. I even made a hose attachment I hooked to my vaccume to try to suck it up.

My main question is could that screw go down into the gears or something that could cause damage? In looking I can't fully tell but it looks like it could drop into gears. If it does drop into gears what is the best way to get it? Do I need to take the motor off the boat and hang it upside down, and hope it falls out?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
faztbullet said:
Nope...wont get into gears but could get sucked into engine!!!!
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Thank you so much for the quick reply. So I haven't done much work on outboard engines at all and I cant figure out how to upload an image here. But I saw it fall to the bottom, below the engine. Is this a concern I should have with where it fell, or should it be fine and I just find a new screw.

Thanks again for all your help.
 
The "gears" or lower unit is a sealed unit and nothing gets "dropped" in.
Now water can work it's way in if the seals happen to go bad.
Get a new one.
Depending on the year and model it might have metric threads??
 
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