nashwinter123
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2009
- Messages
- 82
Hi, At my shop i mostly work on Johnson and Evinrudes (good stuuf) but this guy braught in a merc for me to see if i could get her going. He said it was seized. After about 20 mins i diagnosed that it wasnt the powerhead that weas seized. I've had this problem with a few mercs that i baught for parts before. So i take it apart and like i assumed the drive shaft and the shift shaft are both nice and rusted and seized (Gotta love them high quality merc parts) So besides getting a new lower unit is there any possibility that this lower unit will be savable. Im thinking about hooking up some vise grips to them and see if i can break them free. Im still trying to understand why a company would use s#!t metal on something that is going to be wet for most of the time.