lower unit on a 2002 mercury 75

[lilmomo225]

well i went out to golden meadow today and had some problems...ran up on a oyster bed and broke some of the skeg off....will the skeg guard that iboat sales be a good fix on that or should i get some one to weld on it?

second it seems like some exaust is leaking from where the lower bolts to the main housing. is this a problem or do they leak right there? thanks for everyones information.

 

[lilmomo225]

Re: lower unit on a 2002 mercury 75

anyone?

 

[mikeneal]

Re: lower unit on a 2002 mercury 75

There are exhaust exits typically by the ventilation plate, post a pic of the area in question. Lots of skegs get damaged, personally I would rather have it welded but a skeg guard might work. One thing that worries me about guard is you thru bolt it too skeg and increase likelihood of really damaging the LU if you hit it again.