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    Trim motor problems on my OMC 140hp I/O Motor

    I recently noticed that when i go to tilt my stern drive it goes back down immediately( drive does not lock in position). When i pulled off the cover for the gear box section i saw a set of friction plates and nothing obviously wrong; so i removed the tilt motor and realise i was able to spin...
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    Hard to Steer after installing worm gear

    Good night, I transferred all my internals on a Omc 140hp sterndrive to a different uppercase but after remounting on the boat I realise the steering is harder to turn.....Is it a case where the retainer for the worm gear was over torqued, because I did not add or remove any of the bearings...
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    OMC I/O 140Hp

    Good Day, I Reinstalled my gearcase after transferring parts from a previous upper gear case ( that one got damaged). However when remounted, I realised that the Boat is steering opposite to the direction of the steering wheel. Any Ideas where I could have gone wrong when installing gearcase?
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    Type of oil used in gearcase of electroshift OMC 140hp

    Good Day, Does anybody know the recommended oil to be used in the different sections of the gear case assembly (upper and lower)?
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    Upper Gearcase for OMC 140hp

    Hey, I got an upper case housing for my OMC 140hp as my previous one got damaged. Does anybody have any diagrams and or literature that could assist me in transferring internal parts correctly? I saw a couple of videos on youtube of different sections but not as detailed as i would have liked..
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    Damaged OMC 140hp Upper Gearbox Case

    Good Morning all, I have a damaged gearbox case (upper section) from a OMC 140hp...I did some research and the part no. seems to be 980805 (but coming up as obselete :( ))...does anyone know if it can be repaired, or if i can get one Used; or even some ideas what could be used as substitute?
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