Having some more fun...(drive related)

[Crownline_202]

Just finished dropping the lower unit again and this last time I found drive oil on the drive shaft and on the water pump housing. From what I've read in other posts, it sounds like a messed up the upper seal during the re-install. What kind of effort time wise, difficulty, any special tools, etc am I looking at to those that have replaced the upper seal. Also, has anyone had this done in the past by a shop and remember how much is cost?

5.0 LX, Alpha 1 Gen 2 (thanks Bt)

One more question, would a broken upper seal lead to water intrusion, the drive oil looked fine (I only had about an hour or two of time on it in this condition).

Thanks

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Having some more fun...(drive related)

It all depends on what your working on.

 

[achris]

Re: Having some more fun...(drive related)

The upper splines on the Gen II boxes is fed with gear oil. You will always get quite a lot of oil come down when you split them, even after you've drained the oil out. It's quite a messy job and almost impossible to stop that oil going everywhere. (I know, I've tried!)

Sounds to me like you've got a very normal situation there.

Chris...........