'84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

[mafhuntfish]

Hi - I have a '84 Evinrude 9.9 with a tiller. The gears in the middle of the tiller arm are almost completely shot. Does anyone have a good source for replacements? - can be used or nos. Thanks..... Mark

 

[JB]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

Try www.tcoutboard.com

 

[Rick.]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

Hello Mark. Not to sure what your definition of shot is but though I should say a word about those gears. They are the worst excuse for gears I've ever seen. They just don't deserve to be called gears but I guess that is what they are. If your missing teeth then by all means get some replacements. If your thinking new ones will tighten up the whole tiller/throttle linkage it isn't going to happen. They are just made loose. I just finished going through a9.5 and you should see how well the tiller linkage on that baby works. Not more than a couple degrees of slap. Rick.

 

[mafhuntfish]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

Hi Rick - By shot, I mean that they're missing teeth and the ones that are left are worn almost to nothing. The teeth left do engage on idle, but once you put it in gear & rotate the throttle handle past half way - theres nothing there. I know for a fact that both gears need replaced. My problem is finding a replacement set. I have emailed a couple of places, but so far have not received any responses. I also need a complete assembly for the rear locking bar for the hood.(outside bar, inside hook & all hardware) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks .... Mark

 

[Rick.]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

OK. I would visit a local marine engine repair place or two. Some of them have a scape pile of motors beyond economic repair that people dropped off for estimates and then never pick up after they are quoted. Sometimes the shop will let you look through and grab a part or two. Just ask and see what happens. The other option is Ebay. I have seen lots of sellers who dismantle an entire engine and sell part by part. (you might have to buy the tiller arm) complete. The nice thing here is 9.9 tiller gears remained unchanged over a number of years making pickings easier to find. Best of luck. Rick.

 

[mafhuntfish]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

Thanks again for all the help ... Mark

 

[bankerjohn]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

Which gears are stripped?

Part #66 and #81 are considerably more expensive than parts #52 and #109 ... but they're all still available!

But the cheapest way out would definitely be to find a good used tiller arm.

 

[Rick.]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

bankerjohn: I'm not too savvy on my computer but I was wondering how you got that illustration posted. Great job. Can you tell us. Rick.

 

[bankerjohn]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

bankerjohn: I'm not too savvy on my computer but I was wondering how you got that illustration posted. Great job. Can you tell us. Rick.

I copied the MIDSECTION diagram (.jpg) off the internet ... and pasted it into my Paint Shop Pro image software. Then is cropped it down to just the tiller arm portion, erasing any unrelated parts that were still showing in the cropped image. Then I added the coloring of the parts, and the part numbers. Then I saved the finished image on my desktop. Then I signed on to my Photobucket account and uploaded the image. Then adjusted the image size so it wouldn't appear too large in my post ... and then simply inserted the internet location of the Photobucket image between the HTML labels for an image like this (

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Sounds complicated, but probably only took me 10 minutes from start to finish!

 

[Rick.]

Re: '84 Evinrude 9.9 Tiller Gears

I copied the MIDSECTION diagram (.jpg) off the internet ... and pasted it into my Paint Shop Pro image software. Then is cropped it down to just the tiller arm portion, erasing any unrelated parts that were still showing in the cropped image. Then I added the coloring of the parts, and the part numbers. Then I saved the finished image on my desktop. Then I signed on to my Photobucket account and uploaded the image. Then adjusted the image size so it wouldn't appear too large in my post ... and then simply inserted the internet location of the Photobucket image between the HTML labels for an image like this (

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Sounds complicated, but probably only took me 10 minutes from start to finish!

I'm a real believer in the "picture is worth a thousand words" thing. Very nice work. I'll have to give it a try. Rick.