PSG-1
Well-known member
Yesterday, I hit an underwater obstruction out in the flats. Been through there a hundred times, and never knew that pipe was there. Found it yesterday, the hard way.
Was running along on plane, and BAM!!! I got towed back in, as the boat wasn't going anywhere. Upon getting it home, I did not see any external damage to the lower unit. So, I pulled the lower unit......found the problem. There was only about 1/2 of the splines left, and I could tell it had wrung off, leaving the nub from the end of the driveshaft up in the recess of the power head.
I checked it over by engaging the shifter lever in either direction, and it engaged both ways, with the prop clicking one direction, and turning the shaft in the other. So, as far as the lower unit goes, I just need to take it up to the shop and have them install a new drive shaft (hopefully)
Now the question is: how do I get that nub out of the power head? Someone suggested tapping directly on the center of the flywheel shaft with a hard block of wood, in the hopes of the vibration from that causing the piece to fall out of that recess. Any ideas?
Was running along on plane, and BAM!!! I got towed back in, as the boat wasn't going anywhere. Upon getting it home, I did not see any external damage to the lower unit. So, I pulled the lower unit......found the problem. There was only about 1/2 of the splines left, and I could tell it had wrung off, leaving the nub from the end of the driveshaft up in the recess of the power head.
I checked it over by engaging the shifter lever in either direction, and it engaged both ways, with the prop clicking one direction, and turning the shaft in the other. So, as far as the lower unit goes, I just need to take it up to the shop and have them install a new drive shaft (hopefully)
Now the question is: how do I get that nub out of the power head? Someone suggested tapping directly on the center of the flywheel shaft with a hard block of wood, in the hopes of the vibration from that causing the piece to fall out of that recess. Any ideas?