I had to replace the fwd rev clutch as assembly on my bravo upper drive. It was seized in fwd gear. So I found a good deal on the whole assembly on a fourm and it also came with the pinion gear. So I pressed the new tapper bearings with spacer ring on to the new/used pinion gear because I figured it would be better because they were married to the clutch assembly gears set. But here is were I made a mistake. I didn't realize that the splined hole on the pinion has a bigger diameter than my original gear. Can anyone tell me why it bigger? Mine is a 88-97 out drive. Did they go bigger in later years? That's my first question. My second question is, can I remove my new bearings and reinstall on my original pinion with out damaging them? What tools to I need to remove them and does anyone have a vid, pics or examples of this procedure? I really don't want to spend another $150 on new bearings. I have a shop press and my splitter is to small this and never used a splitter before even if I can find something bigger.
