coroded drive shaft seal

[oakdaleotter]

1969 merc 75 7.5 hp. The shaft is coroded at the seal location between water pump and lower unit. Is there a fix for this? Where could i find a replacement?

 

[Texasmark]

Re: coroded drive shaft seal

Don't know when they did it (started and stopped) but Merc used carbon steel driveshafts back then. I recall seeing the lower unit from a 6 cyl engine sitting in a vise at a dealer's repair facility and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw all the rust. I was an OMC guy at the time and the only ones I saw were always SS.

I really doubt you could fix it without removing the rust, welding up the "cancered" area, and machining the shaft back to OEM dimensions.

Would be cheaper and easier to locate a SS off an engine with a blown power head or buy a new one.

HTH

Mark

 

[Laddies]

Re: coroded drive shaft seal

Go to your local parts store and get a seal sleeve and install it, you don't even have to disassemble the lower unit to install one