by YDOC462 » Jun 12, 2015 10:28 am
using bungees around case helps if you trying to do it alone......i leave motor and gear case in neutral....lift gear case until i got water tube lined up....next is the drive shaft( mercury) while holding pressure on shaft with 1 hand on the case ....i reach up and turn flywheel until shaft pops in...on mercs u can then get the front nut started so it takes the weight off while lining up the shift shaft....might have to go back down then up again until you stab it on.
im usually ready to throw up from straining by the time im done.
what will really piss you off is when you get everything tightened up....try on hose and NO WATER FLOW!! off she comes again for another round!!
using bungees around case helps if you trying to do it alone......i leave motor and gear case in neutral....lift gear case until i got water tube lined up....next is the drive shaft( mercury) while holding pressure on shaft with 1 hand on the case ....i reach up and turn flywheel until shaft pops in...on mercs u can then get the front nut started so it takes the weight off while lining up the shift shaft....might have to go back down then up again until you stab it on.
im usually ready to throw up from straining by the time im done.
what will really piss you off is when you get everything tightened up....try on hose and NO WATER FLOW!! off she comes again for another round!!