Alpha 1 Gen 2 Removal- It’s stuck

Espos4

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Jan 1, 2017
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Long Island NY
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2007 240 Sundeck
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350 MAG Bravo 3 W/DTS
I’m helping a friend with his 2006 Stingray 200LS 4.3 TKS motor with alpha 1 Gen 2 outdrive.

It has a very noisy gimble bearing and the remote reservoir is filled right to the top, actually overfilled because oil leaks out of the top when the cap is removed.

I tried to remove the drive today but it won’t separate any more than 1/4” from the bell housing. I removed the trim rams, lowered the trailer tongue so the drive is all the way down, placed the shifter in forward and removed the 6 nuts/washers.

It separates just enough to disengage the oil valve and it has obvious water contamination in the oil that came out.

It won’t budge, can’t get it removed. I assume the input shaft is seized to the bearing. Has anyone encountered this? What works to get it unstuck?
 
Yeah definitely water in the gear lube. Jam a 2x4 between the top it the drive and the transom assembly the bump the trim up and it will pop the drive off.
 
Yeah definitely water in the gear lube. Jam a 2x4 between the top it the drive and the transom assembly the bump the trim up and it will pop the drive off.

I’ll give that a try when I get back there on Thursday.
Thank you!
 
Also, and you might have already tried this, with the trim rams removed lift the drive up and drop it down a few times - I would try this first. Just resist the temptation to try and pry it loose with a screw driver or anything metal, you will only do damage.
 
I’ve heard the 2x4 trick works well. Those trim rams can put out significant pressure.

A while back I read a thread where the 2x4 trick actually pulled the gimbal bearing out since it was seized to the input shaft
 
Also, and you might have already tried this, with the trim rams removed lift the drive up and drop it down a few times - I would try this first. Just resist the temptation to try and pry it loose with a screw driver or anything metal, you will only do damage.
I did try lifting and dropping it. No luck there. I did stick a screwdriver in and pryed gently. I was afraid of doing damage so I abandoned that idea very quickly.
 
Yeah definitely water in the gear lube. Jam a 2x4 between the top it the drive and the transom assembly the bump the trim up and it will pop the drive off.
This worked great!

I wedged a 2x4 and some shims between the top of the drive and the transom housing. Trimmed up a few times and it popped off.

The shaft was definitely stuck in the gimble bearing.
 
This worked great!

I wedged a 2x4 and some shims between the top of the drive and the transom housing. Trimmed up a few times and it popped off.

The shaft was definitely stuck in the gimble bearing.

Nice!
 

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