My Alpha I Generation II had a damaged seal on the shift rod. This is the little vertical rod, where the top part has a little arm that connects to the shift cable. I purchased a replacement seal kit for it that came with two brass bushings. The top one is a large bushing that has seals pressed...
I'm installing a new upper gear set in my Alpha I Generation 2 stern drive. It's a two gear set, one hooks to the U-joint that goes to the motor, the other hooks to the vertical shaft in the stern drive. I've already pulled everything and have a parts set containing new gears, seals, bearings...
Moving this discussion over from where I mistakenly posted it in the Mercury Outboards forum... Consensus so far appears to be that it could be an issue with the coupler.
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Today on the lake something failed in the driveline. I didn't hear any kind of a clunk or other noise, but the engine...
Today on the lake something failed in the driveline. I didn't hear any kind of a clunk or other noise, but the engine immediately raced in RPM and I shut it down. Afterwards, when I shift into gear, the boat don't go anymore. It's also not pumping cooling water anymore; Fortunately I managed to...
