Wow this is helpful. I tore down the lower end of a 54 today and found the same problem as you however i had no clue how to get it out. All have to give this a try tomorrow. Thnks!
Great video mate ! I'm repairing a johnno 15 hp & found the selector seal to be leaking badly & although my motor is different the method will be the same ! Cheers !
I was wondering if you know what powerhead years will bolt up to my 1969 6hp Johnson Please if you could please drop me a line!! I like your channel and keep up the good work!!
Because the bushing is made of a softer material open (brass) than the shift rod (stainless steel), it is okay to reuse the tapped brass bushing over a new o Ring in your shift rod seal. Just make sure you remove any burrs or metal shavings from inside the threaded bushing before you press it back into place.
They actually make a very simple tool designed to remove and install the shift shaft bushing. Knock them in and out with a mallet in 5 seconds, no damaging the brass at all. Worth the investment.
highlandoutboards Not a part number (it's an old tool) but this guy makes reproductions. It's just a rod with different diameters. Use it one way to knock the bushing out, use it the other way to press the bushing in. mysite.verizon.net/respdyk0/id3.html
I don't think so...the casting below the o-ring is identical to the internal diameter of the bushing...I wouldn't tap it right to the bottom of the bushing though...the casting will hold the shift rod in the identical location it was before...
Use a tap that is the closest in diameter to the hole through the bushing. Almost no diameter will be lost. The main purpose of the bushing is to keep the o ring in place.
+mortie806 As long as the bushing was tapped without increasing the inner diameter of the bushing, and any burrs are carefully removed, it can be reused. The bushing doesn't provide the seal for the shift rod -- the o-ring provides the seal. The bushing only holds the o-ring in place.
actuality you just get a length 1/4" threaded rod a little taller than the case half, grind down a 1/4" nut to clear the shift rod hole, and you will have to grind it till its about 3/8" diameter or small enough to fit through the bottom of the case, then drill a 1/4 " hole in a piece of scrap what ever you have laying around lay it on top, thread a nut, and tighten till the ground down nut is pulled all the way through the seals/packing, and contacts the brass bushing. Then tighten till you hear the tention pop of the brass guide finally leaving it's seat after many many years. then keep tightening till its out. then you can at least reuse the shift guide, instead of threading it, which would invite debris through the threads to the seal if it was reused. :) parts are expensive time is cheap.
Instead of tapping the shift bushing , get a 5/16'' metal rod from your home improvement store and use that to drive it out. Much easier and takes less than 5 seconds.
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Thank you! This gave me more confidence tearing down my 1983 25hp Evinrude lower unit and putting it back together. It's not the same but similar.
All the convoluted ways on the interwebs to pull that bushing! If ONLY someone would invent a BLIND BEARING PULLER and a SLIDE HAMMER!!!!
all your videos are fantastic
Wow this is helpful. I tore down the lower end of a 54 today and found the same problem as you however i had no clue how to get it out. All have to give this a try tomorrow. Thnks!
Great information, Thanks got it done with no problems
Great video mate ! I'm repairing a johnno 15 hp & found the selector seal to be leaking badly & although my motor is different the method will be the same ! Cheers !
I was wondering if you know what powerhead years will bolt up to my 1969 6hp Johnson Please if you could please drop me a line!! I like your channel and keep up the good work!!
Now you gave me something else to worry about.
Thanks for the information good video
Is that lake perris I see on your page?
Because the bushing is made of a softer material open (brass) than the shift rod (stainless steel), it is okay to reuse the tapped brass bushing over a new o Ring in your shift rod seal. Just make sure you remove any burrs or metal shavings from inside the threaded bushing before you press it back into place.
I got it out! I used a piece of 5/16" solid round stock and pounded it out from the back.
I put a self tapping metal screw into the brass bushing and pried it out with a screw driver.
Will it hurt shiftshaft reinstalling the threaded bushing ? Instead of a new one? I really like your videosThanks
Do you reuse the same bushing
Where the heck do you get these parts?
They actually make a very simple tool designed to remove and install the shift shaft bushing. Knock them in and out with a mallet in 5 seconds, no damaging the brass at all. Worth the investment.
Got a part # for the tool?
highlandoutboards
Not a part number (it's an old tool) but this guy makes reproductions. It's just a rod with different diameters. Use it one way to knock the bushing out, use it the other way to press the bushing in. mysite.verizon.net/respdyk0/id3.html
Thanks for the link! I just bought some tools from Frank -- looks like a real time-saver!
+Christopher Godfrey
where can i find the tool to remove shift rod bushing>
+Ronnie Bullard
Looks like Frank's done making them. Unfortunate.
www.franksoutboardtools.com/shift-rod-bushing-remover.html
My guess was that there may be issues with excessive shaft to bushing clearance. Thanks.
You are the man! I don't own a tap & die set, plus don't like that idea, so I did the same as you...much easier & no damage to bushing. Thanks !
I don't think so...the casting below the o-ring is identical to the internal diameter of the bushing...I wouldn't tap it right to the bottom of the bushing though...the casting will hold the shift rod in the identical location it was before...
Use a tap that is the closest in diameter to the hole through the bushing. Almost no diameter will be lost. The main purpose of the bushing is to keep the o ring in place.
when you tap the bushing is it fine to reuse the bushing or does it need to be replaced
+mortie806 As long as the bushing was tapped without increasing the inner diameter of the bushing, and any burrs are carefully removed, it can be reused. The bushing doesn't provide the seal for the shift rod -- the o-ring provides the seal. The bushing only holds the o-ring in place.
Is there a way to install an electric starter on my 1969 6HP Evinrude? Getting old have shoulder problem. Thanks!
No, It was never offered for that series.
Thanks
actuality you just get a length 1/4" threaded rod a little taller than the case half, grind down a 1/4" nut to clear the shift rod hole, and you will have to grind it till its about 3/8" diameter or small enough to fit through the bottom of the case, then drill a 1/4 " hole in a piece of scrap what ever you have laying around lay it on top, thread a nut, and tighten till the ground down nut is pulled all the way through the seals/packing, and contacts the brass bushing. Then tighten till you hear the tention pop of the brass guide finally leaving it's seat after many many years. then keep tightening till its out. then you can at least reuse the shift guide, instead of threading it, which would invite debris through the threads to the seal if it was reused. :) parts are expensive time is cheap.
I ended up replacing mine after two fail attempt
Instead of tapping the shift bushing , get a 5/16'' metal rod from your home improvement store and use that to drive it out. Much easier and takes less than 5 seconds.
Not on my Evinrude 4...the casting is the same diameter hole as the bushing...
I used a long 8mm bolt, and very easily drone it out