New Lower Shift Shaft Housing -- Mercruiser Alpha One Gen 2
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2021
- In this video, I try to find where my Mercruiser Alpha One Gen 2 outdrive is leaking. I find a pinched o ring underneath the lower shift shaft housing. The housing is updated to a newer version now. The newer version has a different speedometer hose attachment.
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I'm in the middle of rebuilding an alpha 1 gen 2 upper and lower right now, its definately an intruging project. I stumbled accross your vidoes, they're awesome
Thanks Craig. Its a sucky job I think but if you take your time, there are worse things. Keep after it!
9:48 -- FAVE song! Nice work, hubs 😘
I like it too.
thanks for saving us from learning the hard way. This video also helped me confirm the shift shaft is supposed to be straight and not bent. Mine has a slight kink in it that i'm pretty sure was making it leak.
Right on man! That's why the videos are here. Glad you could figure your project out. Always helps to compare notes I think! 🍻
Great video especially the close ups on the lower shift armature
Thanks Mike for saying that. Hope it helps you on your project.
Thanks so much man,very helpful,appreciate it 👍
@@maxmax9229 right on. Thank for watching and commenting!!
Thank you for taking the time to do this video
My pleasure. Hope you find it useful!
Great informative video for my problem! I removed the outdrive and forgot to have the shifter in forward! May have bent the shift rod as the unit didn’t come out easily! Consequently, when put back together, shifting was extremely difficult, at best! Pretty sure I can do this myself! Thanks!
Ah. Ya that is a common simple mistake. It happens. Hopefully it doesn't give you much problem fixing it. Thank you for the kind words!
Bro thank you. I'm about to take my whole drive apart and replace all the seals because I have gear oil leaking out somewhere. Your videos are helping me alot. 👍🏻
That's awesome. It sucks you have to do it because it's a big job and it's summer (obviously you would rather be boating). But in the end it makes you feel good because everything is fresh and ready to roll. Thanks for the kind words and reach out on any of the videos in the comments if you get hung up. 👍👍
@@605BOLT I believe the seal that you replaced in this video is the one that is also leaking on mine. I have gear oil leaking out the same holes that you mentioned. But I also ordered the upper gear case seals aswell because I thought if I'm going to have the drive apart I mayswell replace all the seals. Did you also do the upper gear case on yours? I found a video on it but it's very vague. I didn't see that you had a video on it either.
I didn't. Just the lower. Probably should have done the works like you suggest but it was summer and u was antsy haha
@@605BOLT haha fair enough. I hear you, I want to get on the water aswell. Just waiting on the parts to come in the mail. Thanks alot!
@@LucrativeLogan no problem man. ⚡
Nice enthusiasm
Thanks!
ottimo filmato, grazie
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for sharing your work!!!
When you put the shift shaft and the assembly back together. And while the outdrive was still on the bench did you try to rotate the prop shaft. Did the shift shaft move to Neutral? I am having this issue and I dont know if it is normal behavior.
Yes you can shift it and make it engage like the boat would. But you need to rotate the input shaft. Not the prop. Meaning your hand has to be like the engine and turn the splines on the input shaft.
On my alpha 1 gen 2 I broke off the plastic speedo part on the shift shaft housing when trying to screw it out. 26 year old plastic will do that. I have to do this EXACT thing. I'm worried about getting the lower back on correctly tho.
Nice. Well I'm not happy your speedo broke haha. But I hope u find this video helpful. Getting the lower on wasn't too tough. Just gotta be gentle with it so you don't disturb any of the seals. Good luck and let me know how you turn out!
Maybe you can help me. My lower is leaking. Bellows and hoses get covered in a white, milky substance after it’s been ran. Had the mechanic pressure test it and it passed. Also passed a small vacuum test. Any idea?
Could have just been the little o ring that goes between the upper and lower halves of the outdrive maybe. There is a tiny o ring that allows oil to go between the two portions. But it sounds like you're following a good process to diagnose.
Nice video! When replacing mine, the metal shifter bar that goes down into the gear that moves the propeller goes in slightly but not all the way to seat properly. Any idea what it may be? Thank you
Dang. I can't say for sure. I was able to look down in there but like I said in the video, be careful not to be too rowdy because it the parts can shift with that rod out. Is the spline all cleaned out and free from damage?
@@605BOLT yes everything looks good no damage. Propeller may have moved slightly when I had it out, will try toying with it slightly each way to see if that’ll do it
Right on. Be careful to only make small adjustments. Can get to be a long day if that selector falls out of position. Good luck!
@@605BOLT got it! The housing just needed a little push to seat properly. Hoping I didn’t screw it up the shifter while moving the propeller while it was out. Thx!
Haha nice. Good work. It sounds like you're on the right track! 👍
I need to see your previous video
👍👍
Did you ever figure out what exactly was leaking. Right now it’s just my drain plug but thinking about rebuilding the drive end of summer
One of these shift shaft o rings was pinched from previous owner. Got that straightened out and she has been problem free ever since.
Hay I’m having a problem with my shift shaft sinking in to the lower, what holds it up? I see the clip on the bottom but what keeps it up?
It needs to be engaged with the splines in the shift crank. Beyond that, the little rubber ring that is above the sealing housing is the only thing that keeps it held up.
@@605BOLT thank you soooo much!
did you get it all figured out?
What was the initial problem?
The initial problem was I drained the fluid from the outdrive and found that the drive oil had water mixed into it. Also the engine had problems and the gimbal ring was worn out. So the whole boat was pretty worn out but the contaminated oil is why I replaced this specific seal. One of the o rings was pinched and that was causing the cross contamination.
That o-ring you mention is actually called a quad ring.
Interesting. I had never heard of a quad ring before just now when I googled it. Thanks for pointing that out!👍
How many BTUs does that have?
Man this is a dang bass boat. What the hell u talking about?
So did the boat shift okay after you put it back together?
Oh yes. She works great. This rebuild is finishing up its second summer. No issues with the outdrive that I know of.
Thanks! So if I make sure it's in forward and upright, should work fine from what I can tell.@@605BOLT
@@johnwagner9192 yep should be good to go.
So I just did a pressure test on the bottom half and there is no leak. So I think I'm going to leave it alone for now.
Nice. Thats always a good feeling!
Same thing happend to me now can't fix it
Ah dang it! Did the video help at all?
@@605BOLT still trying thanks great video
Right on. If you have any questions of anything let me know. Might be able to help. 🤞