leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

johnph · Feb 10, 2011

Having trouble removing leg on my 4hp Evinrude.
seem to be corroded to shaft.
Any Ideas Please.

HighTrim · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

Are you first sure that you got all bolts, and disconnected the shift rod?

If it is seized, put it upside down and mix some acetone/atf and douse it with it.

When reinstalling, be sure to replace the o ring at the top of the drive shaft, and re grease the splines.

johnph · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

thanks for your reply.This model Evinrude(E4BRCNR)is forward/neutral only.
Can not see how to disconnect shift rod.

dew2 · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

Not positive but can the lower case be droped to have 1/2? 3/4 inch gap? look in there and the shift rod may be connected with a cotter pin,Which should be removed.
Not really sure but many smaller and some large motors have the shift rod connected that way.

I may be off are you pulling the exhaust housing? if so the shift rod connection is the shift lever and bell crank there together with cotter pins.

boobie · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

If I remember right the shift rod just pulls out of the g/c. All it did was release a tang on the spring in the g/c to disengage the fwd gear from the prop shaft. Sounds like you may have some stuck spines in the p/h.

boobie · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

One more thing, how many bolts did you take out to remove the g/c?

johnph · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

Two bolts removed from the gearcase.there is a plastic shift lever at the top. Would i have to remore that?

dew2 · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

If your talking about the Lower Unit then no nothing has to be removed other than the bolts like boobie stated stuck in the power head,When you said the LEG it led me to thing you were disconnecting at the top.

johnph · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

Gave inside g-c a good spray of wd40 and acetone.
will leave for 24hrs and try again.
Repair Manuals for older evinrudes are very hard to get in Austrailia.
Any ideas where to obtain them. Thanks John.

boobie · Feb 10, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

You may want to look at a parts break down of your mtr at Shop.Evinrude.com. You'll get a better idea of the shift rod and the contents of the g/c. I don't think you have to remove your shift handle.

raczekp1 · Feb 11, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

Hi.
i had the same sytuation, drive shaft stuck in powerhead in this model
i pull strong lower unit so i took out drive shaft but not from powerhead but from gearcase(i dont know how it happened becous impeler is blocking by impeler key)
so try to separate lower unit from mid section using some more force.there is no shift conector.
in worst case you demage water pump housing, or you manage to take out drive shaft from gearcase(lower unit).

after all you wil need to unscrev midsection from power head and use penatraitng oil to relase drive shaft from powerhead

dew2 · Feb 11, 2011

Re: leg on 1982 evinrude 4hp wont come off.

johnph said:
Gave inside g-c a good spray of wd40 and acetone.
will leave for 24hrs and try again.
Repair Manuals for older evinrudes are very hard to get in Austrailia.
Any ideas where to obtain them. Thanks John.

I have a manual that covers your motor,I got it on ebay.I tried to send it to another member here at Iboats but I dont know anyway to send a 224MB file. No email supports files that large (that I knof anyway)

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