Hi - I am a new boat owner. Just acquired said motor and it has oil leaking slightly out over the prop blades. I have not run it yet as I thought I would take the prop off and keep pulling parts until i found a bad gasket.
So I drained the oil and started in. I made it easily past part #22 in this diagram:http://www.sterndrive.info/sitebuil...res/W-Johnson-9.9-15-hp.-1974-thru-2006-2.jpg
Now I am stuck, and have a few questions. Starting with the easy stuff - there is a ton of oil buildup caked on to the parts I have pulled thus far. After I clean them and reassemble, do they need to be greased? And in general, how does a newbie know what lubes to use on these parts - does the service manual have all of this info?
Second - at this point (just past #22), I do NOT see any parts like #21. There is just a structure around the prop shaft that I cannot budge. There was also a very small circular coil, almost like a tiny round spring, that was very fragile and bent a bit when I removed it. I have not been able to find this in any drawings - what is it / is it needed?
Third - I have seen others use a special puller to get the shaft out. Is that needed and should I even be pulling that? I found 1 post with a similar oil leak problem but it only had 1 reply just saying 'don't worry about it'.
Any help would be appreciated. I am somewhat mechanically inclined but have zero experience with marine motors. Thanks in advance.
So I drained the oil and started in. I made it easily past part #22 in this diagram:http://www.sterndrive.info/sitebuil...res/W-Johnson-9.9-15-hp.-1974-thru-2006-2.jpg
Now I am stuck, and have a few questions. Starting with the easy stuff - there is a ton of oil buildup caked on to the parts I have pulled thus far. After I clean them and reassemble, do they need to be greased? And in general, how does a newbie know what lubes to use on these parts - does the service manual have all of this info?
Second - at this point (just past #22), I do NOT see any parts like #21. There is just a structure around the prop shaft that I cannot budge. There was also a very small circular coil, almost like a tiny round spring, that was very fragile and bent a bit when I removed it. I have not been able to find this in any drawings - what is it / is it needed?
Third - I have seen others use a special puller to get the shaft out. Is that needed and should I even be pulling that? I found 1 post with a similar oil leak problem but it only had 1 reply just saying 'don't worry about it'.
Any help would be appreciated. I am somewhat mechanically inclined but have zero experience with marine motors. Thanks in advance.
