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I was in the process of pulling the lower unit from my 2000 SX outdrive - followed procedures in service manual. Managed to seperate the lower from the transom shield assy by about 1/2", and it wasn't easy to get it that far.
Last year it came right apart, but this year, nothing's moving past...