***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

[broke boat 93]

I broke the driveshaft on my 1975 evinrude 15 hp. Modle 15504c. I found a used shaft online but it came out of a 1979 15 hp evinrude. I need to know if it will fit in my 1975 modle. I dont know the modle number of the 1979 . The shafts are both the same length.

 

[Daviet]

Re: ***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

Look up oth engines and see if the part numbers are the same.

 

[Joe Reeves]

Re: ***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

Look very closely on the driveshafts for a 6 digit part number. It may be imprinted, but most numbers resemble a hologram of sorts and are hard to find. If you do find the numbers of each shaft, we should be able to figure the interchange.

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[Chinewalker]

Re: ***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

There was a fairly significant design change in the driveshafts for 1976. A 1979 shaft will not slide all the way into a '75 gearcase as the spline depths are different.

 

[bob johnson]

Re: ***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

1977 through 1985 the shafts interchange on the 15 hp model. The 1976 model is a year unto itself!!! ONLY one year.......I wonder if the LU themselves might not interchange though.....the differences in the DS MIGHT be all inside the gear case!!!!!!!!!.......something to ponder bob

 

[Chinewalker]

Re: ***will this drive shaft fit? take a look****

As a unit, the lowers interchange through the full range of years up into the late 1980s anyway.