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I battled keeping the slack out of my steering, seemed it was always loose a little around the swival shaft. I torqed the bolts to 55 ft/lbs several times this year and it would tighten it up for a day out, but would be loose again soon after. I have an Alpha one/gen 2 behind a 4.3, its a 95 so...
If anyone is having problems getting the flywheel off a Sport Jet then use the puller that Mercury sells or the ones on ebay ($30 bucks) that screw into the center of the flywheel. I tried using one with the three bolts (8mm btw) and those pulled the threads out. I put Heli-Coils back in the...
I just wanted to say thanks for all the info on this site. I have read through allot of the posts just to get an idea of some of the issues with these sport jet engines. With info from this site I was able to go to Lowe's and buy the parts needed to hook up to hose and run it out of the water...
