I have a 1986 Volvo Penta AQ225D Sn CU54427 with AQ280 stern drive. I am new to boating and picked up a beater to restore and learn on. The U-joints seized and broke. I am okay with replacing them but when I took it apart I also realized that the bearings on the shaft from the engine back to the stern drive were completely destroyed. On the chart at
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Items 66 to 71 are broken to a point I can not tell how they went in. I am trying to figure out what all is involved on this so I can do it or if it is a bit beyond my knowledge level. Specifically I am trying to understand how the bearings near the engine go in. Do I have to remove the flywheel cover and install them from that side or do they all go in from the back of the boat? I can see what look like a sleeve of some sort in the flywheel cover does that have to come out? Is there a repair manual that will have the details of how to replace these
-Loman
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Items 66 to 71 are broken to a point I can not tell how they went in. I am trying to figure out what all is involved on this so I can do it or if it is a bit beyond my knowledge level. Specifically I am trying to understand how the bearings near the engine go in. Do I have to remove the flywheel cover and install them from that side or do they all go in from the back of the boat? I can see what look like a sleeve of some sort in the flywheel cover does that have to come out? Is there a repair manual that will have the details of how to replace these
-Loman
