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UGH! This just became expensive. Lower unit oil looked great. Pulled the lower unit gear case and all the gears behind the gear case and back of the prop shaft was FUBAR. Not sure what could have caused it Still to need to try getting the nub out of the crank. I ordered a magnet that can pull...
So I dropped the lower unit and the shaft broke near the O ring up at the crank. Not sure how to get the spline piece of the shaft out of the crank? Magnet,brake cleaner and WD, pressure washer, tap on the top of the flywheel? Any ideas?
Ugh. stripped splines sound expensive. Does that require me to remove the power head or just the flywheel? Hoping for the broke shaft. If it broke near the impeller, it's probably held in place that's why I don't hear any clank noise (at least praying) Where is the "coupler stripped "connected...
I have twin 2007 275 Verardos 800 hrs. Center Console. My Starboard engine was at 4500 rpm when it made a quick clank, and the rpms went way up. I pulled the throttle back and it won't go in gear. I checked the prop hub and listen for any noise when I manually moved the prop shaft. No noise and...
