1965 Johnson 6 hp gearcase won’t separate

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  • July 19, 2017 at 4:12 pm #61870
    Mumbles
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      quote Wedgie:

      Turn the flywheel a bit as you are dropping the gear case. There is a slot that the roll pin at the top has to line up with before it will drop.

      More than one person has been stumped by this!

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      July 21, 2017 at 12:37 pm #61963
      1946zephyr
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        Yea, I remember my first experience with these. LOL
        Fortunately, I got lucky and didn’t break anything.

        July 21, 2017 at 6:16 pm #61979
        PugetSoundBoater
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          I have always just used brute force, pried down on the gear case till the roll pin breaks.Then look AND FIND the remains of the pin. I have always tried to remove by rotating the flywheel first though,only worked once for me.
          A local Seattle outboard repair shop counter guy told me the pry till it breaks technique,and gave me a lot of other helpful advise on my 6 hp when i first got my salt water PSB boat on 1993,and was new to outboards. He was a big help .
          Jim PSB

          "Some people want to know how a watch works, others just want to know what time it is"
          Robbie Robertson

          July 21, 2017 at 7:41 pm #61982
          fleetwin
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            I too, have oftentimes pulled a 6hp gearcase down only to find that the pin was sheared off, even though I was trying to line up the pin with hsg slot….I think the reason this happens is that a swelled grommet/rusted water tube is holding the gearcase up…You would think that simply rotating the flywheel would cause the gearcase to drop when things are lined up, but the swelled grommet/tube makes it tough to determine when pin/slot are lined up.

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