crank shaft cracked at fly wheel

joseph L

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1999 150 Mercury motor was vibrating and starter was not engaging and someone told me to check fly wheel and it was loose. The crank shaft was cracked right at the fly wheel. What would cause that? They want $3,000 to put a new crank in. Any input?
 

bomar76

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Re: crank shaft cracked at fly wheel

A wild guess is this is an OUTBOARD, right?
Wrong area of the forum...
 

Bondo

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Re: crank shaft cracked at fly wheel

Ayuh,....

This is the I/O forum,...

You need to post your Question in the Mercury Outboard forum.....
 

joseph L

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Re: crank shaft cracked at fly wheel

Motor was in perfec shap, never had any prolem or brake downs. I took very good care of it. It seemed odd to me that the crank cracked right at the fly wheel. It made me stert thinking so I called Mercury and told them the situation and asked if they had any of these same problems. THey asked for the serial number of the motor and they said they had problems with the fly wheels that year.The fly wheel somehow gets loose and crank the crank shaft. they they were going to give me a new powerhead with no chare,I was shocked. they really stand behind thie prouct.I saved myself alot of money with one phone call
 
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