Changing shift rod bushing/o-ring

[Mike_C]

I finally got the o-ring today from the parts store. I took the 2 nuts off of the lower unit figuring the bottom would just separate from the mid-section. Nothing budged. Are these two parts of the low end pressed on? or am I missing something that needs to be removed? Do I have to pull the prop and all that other fun stuff off to change this bushing? Thanks in advance for your help this is a great site full of knowledge! Oops I almost forgot it's a 1961 75 horse Johnson.

 

[F_R]

Re: Changing shift rod bushing/o-ring

I finally got the o-ring today from the parts store. I took the 2 nuts off of the lower unit figuring the bottom would just separate from the mid-section. Nothing budged. Are these two parts of the low end pressed on? or am I missing something that needs to be removed? Do I have to pull the prop and all that other fun stuff off to change this bushing? Thanks in advance for your help this is a great site full of knowledge! Oops I almost forgot it's a 1961 75 horse Johnson.

Heh, heh, those long studs are notorious for siezing so tightly from electrolysis that they are next to impossible to get apart. Less than a couple of years in salt water will do it. Believe it or not, I have seen service manuals describing how to get them apart with a hacksaw. And I thought I had invented that method. At least that's how I did it before reading about it.

Hint: Beating on them with a hammer only makes it worse.

 

[Mike_C]

Re: Changing shift rod bushing/o-ring

Great this gives me something to look forward to then...