Re: 1982 evinrude 25 hp shift lever HELP!!
2. Manuals are for people that don't know what their doing-or can't do what their doing
3. If I had a Manual, why would I ask you a Question?
4. 20 Min after I posted the Question, I had the shaft out and on my work bench-ALL without a Manual-I was just unsure of if the powerhead HAD to come off or if there was a shortcut to get it out.
2. A manual provides much more than guess work. There are torque specs, torque sequense, electrical schematics, electrical trouble shooting steps, proper tune up and linkage adjustment not to mention pulling the lower gearcase apart.
3. Correct that if you had the manual with the parts break down you probably wouldn't have asked the question.
4. Glad you were able to get it out. from what I see on BRP that shaft is about $80.00 new and is still available.
And yes I too am a mechanic, do it for a living and we have shelves full of manuals that we use all the time and would be helpless w/o them. Pumps, motors, electrial controls, motor drives, shafts, bearings, gearboxes, seals, air valves, hydralic valves, Cylinders, flow meter valves, Boilers, hot water Pick heaters, burners and flame controls.
So yes a good mechanic/tech will use a manual just as they would any other tool. At the same time there are times when a manual is of no help in how to remove a broken part. But it can keep you from breaking a good part.