Prop seal puller w/o disassembly

[jakedaawg]

At some point in my career I saw a tool for removing prop seals from salt boats that you didnt want to disassemble.

It was a tube that went over prop shaft and had a hook that would supposedly get the seals out.

Any one remember or have a link? I think it was a merc tool but may have been a yamadog thing...

I know how to do it right, this is to help a buddy in the keys that cant get his apart and cant wait for the backlog at the shops...

 

[Bt Doctur]

not so much a hook more like threaded

 

[jakedaawg]

Bt Doctur do you remember who manufactured or sells it? Was it from k&l tools or perhaps precision?

 

[achris]

I think the Merc drive service manuals lists it.

 

[jakedaawg]

Ah, maybe that's where I saw it, I'll look...

 

[Bt Doctur]

a old photo

 

[muc]

OMC sold one in the late 80's for the Cobra drive.

 

[Rick Stephens]

I always used a slide hammer with a pointed screw attachment. If I pulled that through, which happens now and then, I would go with a round rod end attachment bent at a 90 degree to slip through the hole and pull on the seal body.

 

[harringtondav]

I know how to do it right, this is to help a buddy in the keys that cant get his apart and cant wait for the backlog at the shops...

I hope the new seal cures your buddy's issue. My bud was plagued with milky lube, and asked me to help replace both prop shaft seals. I did it by the book, pulling the carrier. I explained to him that there are two more seal pairs (Alpha II), plus the lower shift shaft seal that could be bad. Shrug off.

More milky lube. Next winter he bought both seal kits, I put them in. Clear lube after that for three yrs. That outer prop shaft seal takes a beating. But I believe when one seal fails, the others aren't far behind.

 

[muc]

But I believe when one seal fails, the others aren't far behind.

yup “Not enough time to do it right, so we’ll find the time to do it twice”

 

[jakedaawg]

Thanks guys, it was just a shot in the dark to try and help a buddy 1800 miles away.

as far as doing it right...I whole heartedly agree. Sometimes, in those salty keys beat up boats that are just daily users and basically disposable, a quick "wam-bam" to try and get by for a few weeks is the only thing that makes sense. It's okay as long as you know it's a band-aid, not a solution.