Hey guys, I have 7.4 Horrizon engines with borg warner velvet drives. The boat is a 2000. It came with dripless shaft seals, and the port side started to leak. So i've decided to change them out. Here's the problem. I've moved all the lines and manifolds to get to the packing. To my surprise, there is no coupler on the trans where the shaft enters. After fighting with it for a while, I looked around the back and saw that my shafts run through the v drive and have a large nut on the end. I removed the nut and noticed the shaft has what looks like a tapered end with a key way. Does anyone here know the procedure to taking the shaft out? Is it as simple as pressing it out, or is there other fasteners holding it in place? Oh by the way if anyone else has these style v drives, do not. I repeat, do not take off the round plate on the drive where the flange is normaly located. Unless of course you were planning on changing the fluid. Oops!
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removing prop shaft
- Thread starter The_Mayor
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If it looks like this I would think an ordinary gear puller should do the job:
http://www.simplicity-marine.com/Files/VelvetDrive/5000VPg1.pdf
http://www.simplicity-marine.com/Files/VelvetDrive/5000VPg1.pdf
Oh I don't know if I'd call it simple. I'm 6'5" 270lbs. There was a time when I was wrapped around the front of the engine with my face smashed against the waste hose, thinking to myself, "I think we're gonna need a bigger boat"