Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

[rlbrooks99]

I've got an 83 Stringer and I'm trying to get the bearing housing out of the upper drive unit - it seems to be stuck. I finally got the water pump and pump shaft out and I've tried using a rod through the steering post to tap on the bearing drive shaft but have not been successful yet.

What other tricks can I try?

Thanks

 

[superbenk]

Re: Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

Did you get the impeller housing out too? Mine was pretty glued in there from corrosion, so I had to use some persuasion, but it came out ok. I took some pictures when I did my waterpump:


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Be careful of the shims at the bottom of the bearing housing. If they get damaged they'll need to be replaced & you'll need a special tool to measure gaps to determine which shims you'll need.

Note that the blue plastic plugs in this picture cover holes you can use a pulley extractor tool on to pull the housing out, not sure if all housings had this:

 

[zbnutcase]

Re: Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

I've got an 83 Stringer and I'm trying to get the bearing housing out of the upper drive unit - it seems to be stuck. I finally got the water pump and pump shaft out and I've tried using a rod through the steering post to tap on the bearing drive shaft but have not been successful yet.

What other tricks can I try?

Thanks

Tap harder it WILL come out!

 

[rlbrooks99]

Re: Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

I was able to persuade the impeller housing out so I'm past the plastic plugs. But I need to get to the seals on the drive shaft. I'll watch for the shims.

Wasn't sure what size hammer to use for those "taps" either!

I'll give it another try.

Thanks

 

[rlbrooks99]

Re: Stringer Upper Bearing Housing

Some PB Blaster down the sides just in case and a few more strong love taps and it slid out.

Thanks for the help.