Trying to change the seal under the water pump on my 198x Yamaha 9.9 2stroke.<br />Removed the four bolts on the water pump housing and the upper part of the house (surrounding the ipmeller. Then I got huge problems removing the lower part of the water pump housing that holds the seal. I can make come loose but it will only move about 2mm and then it is stuck? <br />How to get it off to be able to replace the seal?<br /><br />The vertical drivehaft can be moved a few mm up and down with the lower end of the water pump housing untouched. Trying to pry the housing off the lower end the vertical play in of vertical drive shaft disappers and it gets harder to rotate. Cant figure out what else I need to do to get the housing off the shaft.... help!<br /><br />/vgurra
thats how I found out that some models have to have the drive shaft removed first.