Re: Lower unit gear housing won't budge
This is why previtive maintenance is sooooo important, espesially in salt water. Your shaft is corroded into the end of your crank. You can try pounding (Gently) wooden wedges in the gaps, (several all the way around) tapping them in a little at a time. Have someone to hold the lower unit if it does come free. Sometimes you have to use a sawsall to cut the shaft and go from there, sometimes you will never get it out if it is really bad. Ive even heard of people having to take the engine off and turning it upside down and pouring diesel in the lower end and letting it soak. There are lots of horror stories. Make sure you grease the splines before you put it back on.