Re: leaking oil lower unit question
Petrolhead,<br />Let me answer your questions from two posts ago. There was an O-ring, a fat one in fact.<br />I was able to pick the O-ring out with a safety pin. The bushing does not seperate into two pieces so I have to push and insert the new O-ring into it. <br />To your second post, the O-ring in this case is not under the bushing but located within the bushing. If I was to draw a side view of the bushing which is approx. 1.000" long and .625" in dia., at about .750" from the bottom, there would be a shoulder (a groove) where the O-ring would set into the bushing then the remaining bushing would taper up at an angle. The hole through the bushing is oversized to except the shift rod (OR maybe it's worn) but in any case it fits loose. It appears we are perceiving two different types of bushing?? There is no way that this bushing comes apart this I know so I will have to insert the o-ring into this bushing.<br />Thanks again and I'm still having fun.
Petrolhead,<br />Let me answer your questions from two posts ago. There was an O-ring, a fat one in fact.<br />I was able to pick the O-ring out with a safety pin. The bushing does not seperate into two pieces so I have to push and insert the new O-ring into it. <br />To your second post, the O-ring in this case is not under the bushing but located within the bushing. If I was to draw a side view of the bushing which is approx. 1.000" long and .625" in dia., at about .750" from the bottom, there would be a shoulder (a groove) where the O-ring would set into the bushing then the remaining bushing would taper up at an angle. The hole through the bushing is oversized to except the shift rod (OR maybe it's worn) but in any case it fits loose. It appears we are perceiving two different types of bushing?? There is no way that this bushing comes apart this I know so I will have to insert the o-ring into this bushing.<br />Thanks again and I'm still having fun.