'tis the weekend before the annual Boy Scout crab trip. Scoutmaster, not having had his boat out all year, takes it out on the Columbia River for a test run. A short distance before returning to the launch ramp, he hits a rock. He raised the outdrive and all seems ok. He proceeds to the launch ramp, loads the boat on his trailer and to his surprise, there is a two inch hole knocked out of the front of the propshaft bullet.
This morning we proceeded to pull it apart until we ran out of time due to a prior commitment he had. We got the waterpump and shift rod out. We got the big castle nut around the propshaft out and that is where we left it. We did notice that the vertical driveshaft and bearing wanted to come up but it was being stopped by something.
It is also apparent that the big cast webbed propshaft support needs to come out. Does that need to come out, along with the propshaft, before the vertical drive shaft comes out?
Does the webbed propshaft support just pop out? The whole thing is very clean with no noticable corrosion. I'd hate to see what it would be like to disassemble a high hour saltwater, or moored outdrive. This one is a relatively low hour freshwater 1986 140 hp Alpha 1 drive.
We need to hurry up and find a replacement lower housing so we can get this back together for next weekends trip.
This morning we proceeded to pull it apart until we ran out of time due to a prior commitment he had. We got the waterpump and shift rod out. We got the big castle nut around the propshaft out and that is where we left it. We did notice that the vertical driveshaft and bearing wanted to come up but it was being stopped by something.
It is also apparent that the big cast webbed propshaft support needs to come out. Does that need to come out, along with the propshaft, before the vertical drive shaft comes out?
Does the webbed propshaft support just pop out? The whole thing is very clean with no noticable corrosion. I'd hate to see what it would be like to disassemble a high hour saltwater, or moored outdrive. This one is a relatively low hour freshwater 1986 140 hp Alpha 1 drive.
We need to hurry up and find a replacement lower housing so we can get this back together for next weekends trip.
