Hi to all-
I live near Dallas and sometime this summer I struck a stump with my prop, a 21 pitch stainless quicksilver unit, and it bent my propshaft. I am a E-bay fanatic and found a used original mercruiser (not SEI) alpha gen 2 lower unit for 300 plus 60 shipping. I went ahead and purchased it. For the price of 360 its less than half of the SEI unit and the seller assured me its in good condition. I was leary, its a 1991 model, the first year for Gen 2 sterndrives but it looks great from the pics. I hope its lowtime. I used paypal so I do have recourse if it turns out not to be good. I am still running on the one that has a slightly bent shaft, it doesn't leak and the bearings feel fine, I just feel a slight vibration when I jump on plane, and it goes away as RPM goes up. If this works out, 360 for a good lower unit is a STEAL! I love doing more for less.
I live near Dallas and sometime this summer I struck a stump with my prop, a 21 pitch stainless quicksilver unit, and it bent my propshaft. I am a E-bay fanatic and found a used original mercruiser (not SEI) alpha gen 2 lower unit for 300 plus 60 shipping. I went ahead and purchased it. For the price of 360 its less than half of the SEI unit and the seller assured me its in good condition. I was leary, its a 1991 model, the first year for Gen 2 sterndrives but it looks great from the pics. I hope its lowtime. I used paypal so I do have recourse if it turns out not to be good. I am still running on the one that has a slightly bent shaft, it doesn't leak and the bearings feel fine, I just feel a slight vibration when I jump on plane, and it goes away as RPM goes up. If this works out, 360 for a good lower unit is a STEAL! I love doing more for less.
Then if you success in straightening the shaft, you can buy the tool and a new cover nut to put it all back together. You don't even have to take the leg off the back of the boat until you have the carrier out. (Here's a tip, it's easy to have the leg still on the boat to get the carrier out.