I'm trying to remove the Tilt & Trim assembly from a 1999, 70 HP Johnson. I have hard and soft versions of the service manual, but I'm not seeing a clear answer to this one.
The rods that secure the assembly top and bottom are themselves secured with snap-rings. Having removed the snap-rings, the manual says to use a slide hammer to drive the rods out.
The rods seem REALLY well seated in place and even tho I just bought a beefy drift punch, I'm concerned that the amount of force required to remove these things is going to render them useless. I thought that perhaps I could put a torch on them for a while (5 min? 10 min?) and then allow them to cool for a while (an hour?) and that the resulting expansion and contraction would ease the process.
However, if there are plastic bushings in there. I'd really be buggering things up with that heat.
Suggestions?
JPK
The rods that secure the assembly top and bottom are themselves secured with snap-rings. Having removed the snap-rings, the manual says to use a slide hammer to drive the rods out.
The rods seem REALLY well seated in place and even tho I just bought a beefy drift punch, I'm concerned that the amount of force required to remove these things is going to render them useless. I thought that perhaps I could put a torch on them for a while (5 min? 10 min?) and then allow them to cool for a while (an hour?) and that the resulting expansion and contraction would ease the process.
However, if there are plastic bushings in there. I'd really be buggering things up with that heat.
Suggestions?
JPK