1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

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i have removed all the bolts holding the lower unit on except the bellcrank screw? were is this pictures would be wonderfully helpful or some advice please:frusty:

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

Not sure what a bellcrank screw is but have you undone the one under the carb that holds the shift rod?

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

thats the one im talking about is it a screw or a nut that you are tlking about picture?

 

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before you do anything put a couple of bolts back in the LU, you dont want all the weight on that shiftrod

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

I dont have one here to take a picture
All you do to find it is follow the shift lever on the side of the engine and see how under the carb it moves a lever which pulls the shift rod up and down.
There is a screw on that lever which will require a flat head, back that out by going anticlockwise.
If you have one, use a magnetic pickup and pull it out and put it safely aside somewhere. your bellcrank screw is then thus removed.
If you dont have a magnetic pickup the shiftrod may still drop out with the screw just resting in there but its much better to get it out as it could end up somewhere almost unfindable

 

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You will have to peer under the carb to see it there.
Some people remove the lower carb to do it as it can be a pain especially your first time

 

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wow this is going to be tricky

 

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StangGO said:

wow this is going to be tricky

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Yep, keep your cool,
its fiddly but not complicated

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

uhmn is it a pin or a screw because if i follow the shift lever to the vertical shifting stuff there is no screw

 

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il look your engine up, it might be a pin.

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

looked your one up.
its not what i thought but its still the same sort of system.
The shift rod should have a screw going through it which seems to have a bolt head like size 7/16 or something.
You might see it by looking from the front side of the lever

 

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ok loosen that bolt then spread those lever forks and the shiftrod will come free

 

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http://forums.iboats.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=33923&d=1214329839

the shift rod will slip off the pin at the far end

 

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Re: 1976 evinrude 85hp lower unit removal HELPPPPPP

yep just got back had to loosen bolt and then pop pin came right out thank you