Burban NewFly
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- Feb 18, 2014
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Hey all! So I'm in a bit of a bind and I'm hoping someone might have some experience that can shed some light on my situation for me. I'm a carpenter by trade, not a mechanic, so forgive my terminology. My lower end blew a seal and leaked leg oil on the floor of the shop after a session on the water and its been sitting for a bit. My brother-in-law came up for the week so he decided he'd take it apart and fix it for me while I was at work. He took it apart and found what was wrong with it (water pump gasket seal). I ordered up the rebuild kit that day and two days later, the wrong kit comes in. Ok no biggie, it'll be tight, but the seals will be here Friday. Friday morning rolls around, wrong kit again. That's a shame because now my bro-in-law is heading home and I have to put it back together, not a big deal.
So I've got the water pump reassembled with all new gaskets and an impellor. Its all tickity-boo and the lower leg is ready to go back into the main motor, except for... These three seals on the splines of the upper drive shaft. Unfortunately he doesn't remember the exact order they came off, so he told me to research it. I believe they are 31, 32, 33 in this mercury parts catalogue linked to the post. Here's a pic of them loosely on the splines as it appears in the exploded diagram.
When I insert the leg and get everything lined up it all goes together fine until the last 3/8" theres resistance. It seems like those seals cover a lot of the splines and doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Is this order correct or do I have in these in the correct sequence? I don't want to crank the seals home if they aren't aligned properly.
Thanks for your time everyone! I realize the order of operations up to this point have led to my problem, I normally wouldn't let someone take apart something blindly without the parts already lined up, but I rolled the dice and I lost on this one. I would also normally take note of the placement of every item I take apart but I wasn't there for this one. Any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated!
So I've got the water pump reassembled with all new gaskets and an impellor. Its all tickity-boo and the lower leg is ready to go back into the main motor, except for... These three seals on the splines of the upper drive shaft. Unfortunately he doesn't remember the exact order they came off, so he told me to research it. I believe they are 31, 32, 33 in this mercury parts catalogue linked to the post. Here's a pic of them loosely on the splines as it appears in the exploded diagram.
When I insert the leg and get everything lined up it all goes together fine until the last 3/8" theres resistance. It seems like those seals cover a lot of the splines and doesn't seem to make much sense to me. Is this order correct or do I have in these in the correct sequence? I don't want to crank the seals home if they aren't aligned properly.
Thanks for your time everyone! I realize the order of operations up to this point have led to my problem, I normally wouldn't let someone take apart something blindly without the parts already lined up, but I rolled the dice and I lost on this one. I would also normally take note of the placement of every item I take apart but I wasn't there for this one. Any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated!
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