BobList
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- May 20, 2010
- Messages
- 135
Ok, this dummy took out the wrong screw to drain his gear oil. shifter arm and bushing completely out of whack, I screwed up good. talked to Frank A this morning, we both agreed ya gotta take the lower unit off, and quite possibly disassemble the prop shaft. I pulled the unit, saw the bushing way in the bottom. Turned it upside down, got the bushing out. No way to align all this back up without a real marine tech to do it. So I looked at it, and decided to try something.
I got some sewing thread from the wife, and tied the bushing to the fork to keep it in place, looped a long thread through the pivot hole, and played steam shovel. Took me all of ten minutes to re-install !!! ( had it in once, but backwards).. after it's secured, yank the thread to retrieve it, it will cut itself on the edges of the bushing, and the pivot pin screw when installed, cuts the long thread clean. here's some pics:
pic one is what we all know and love. Pic 2 shows how I tied the bushing to the fork. Pic 3 shows the second long thread through the pivot hole. The next three are how I manuevered it inside the housing by pulling and lowering the string, and along with the lower shift rod you guide the bushing in the groove of the shifter shaft. Use the long string to raise and lower the pivot hole so it lines up with the hole in the case, and the shift rod lets you go forward and backwards, and hold it steady. Just like a steam shovel. Sorta.
I got some sewing thread from the wife, and tied the bushing to the fork to keep it in place, looped a long thread through the pivot hole, and played steam shovel. Took me all of ten minutes to re-install !!! ( had it in once, but backwards).. after it's secured, yank the thread to retrieve it, it will cut itself on the edges of the bushing, and the pivot pin screw when installed, cuts the long thread clean. here's some pics:
pic one is what we all know and love. Pic 2 shows how I tied the bushing to the fork. Pic 3 shows the second long thread through the pivot hole. The next three are how I manuevered it inside the housing by pulling and lowering the string, and along with the lower shift rod you guide the bushing in the groove of the shifter shaft. Use the long string to raise and lower the pivot hole so it lines up with the hole in the case, and the shift rod lets you go forward and backwards, and hold it steady. Just like a steam shovel. Sorta.
