Guscantrel
Cadet
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2015
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- 6
Hey everyone
First time posting on this site, I am looking for some opinions on my situation with my entire Lower Unit.
I was in an area where water levels had dropped quite a bit and struck something with the front of the gear case housing causeing it to split open and empty all my gear oil out. I didnt actually realize the hole until I arrived at my boat launch 5 minutes later after pulling boat from water. I did strip down lower unit right away to get all water cleaned off gears and bearings with a parts cleaner.
My question to you folks is by looking at these pics there is no issues at all with any of the gears visually, nothing was cracked or chipped away. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just reinstall all these parts into a new gearcase housing with all new gaskets, o rings, and bearings? Let me know your input as I had one neighbor tell me the lack of gear lube could of weakened the gearsets due to higher temps.
First time posting on this site, I am looking for some opinions on my situation with my entire Lower Unit.
I was in an area where water levels had dropped quite a bit and struck something with the front of the gear case housing causeing it to split open and empty all my gear oil out. I didnt actually realize the hole until I arrived at my boat launch 5 minutes later after pulling boat from water. I did strip down lower unit right away to get all water cleaned off gears and bearings with a parts cleaner.
My question to you folks is by looking at these pics there is no issues at all with any of the gears visually, nothing was cracked or chipped away. Is there any reason why I shouldn't just reinstall all these parts into a new gearcase housing with all new gaskets, o rings, and bearings? Let me know your input as I had one neighbor tell me the lack of gear lube could of weakened the gearsets due to higher temps.