Do I need to drain gear lube to pull outdrive?

[tawilliams]

This has probably been covered before but I did search and came up empty.

I am going to winterize this weekend and I want to pull the drive to inspect and check alignment. Do I need to drain the gear lube?
I did a complete drain and fill in the spring and I have checked it recently by draining just a tad and it looks perfect.

Would rather not dump it but if I need to I will. If I remember correctly there is a check vavle between the gibmal and outdrive, right?

Its an Aplha one Gen II

Thanks

 

[bspeth]

Re: Do I need to drain gear lube to pull outdrive?

You do not need to drain it.If you have a remote res you will have to deal with that but your gear oil will not run out by pulling the drive.

 

[tawilliams]

Re: Do I need to drain gear lube to pull outdrive?

Thanks!

I guess I can just clamp the res hose and deal with the little but that leaks out. Is there any danger of introducing air into the system when I reassemble and release that clamp?

 

[MarkSee]

Re: Do I need to drain gear lube to pull outdrive?

Is there any danger of introducing air into the system when I reassemble and release that clamp..
...between the gibmal and outdrive...

Technically, the check valve is between the bellhousing and drive.

If it were me doing it this way, I would hook the pump/bottle up to the fill hole, take the top off the bottle, release the clamp, give it a few minutes, maybe even loosen the vent screw a little to see oil was there, then pump some in until the bottle was at the proper level.

Mark

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Do I need to drain gear lube to pull outdrive?

no need to clamp off anything. The valve prevents the bottle from draining