In this video I demonstrate how to dissasemble a Volvo Penta DPE (like a 290) upper gear head assembly. This is part 1. Please subscribe and hit the like button if this is helpful!
Please take no offense at my comments! I performed AQ series work for 24 years! My suggestions: .... We never pull an entire AQ series stern drive as a unit. We remove the transmission first, and then work from there! We do the reverse of that when going back together.... I.E., Transmission installed LAST. .... the Diesel Engine DP-E exhast outlet is different from that being shown. The DP-E transmission reduction is also different from the others. Many of us have built a fixture using an old vertical shaft spline coupler welded to a short section of angle iron. The fixture works for a transmission and an inverted lower gear unit. .... 1:50 is the vertical shaft spline coupler. .... at 3:00 into the video, if water was able to enter the bearing box, the owner failed to replace the universal drive shaft bellows on a routine basis. ......4:00......DO NOT use an impact tool against any of these fasteners until after you have initially loosened them by hand..... especially on the 4 bearing box cap screws! If the hex sockets were to become rounded out, you will be taking this to a machine shop for a rather expensive milling machine procedure, or an expensive EDM procedure. .... 5:48, this is the correct method to use when removing the bearing box from the main gear case. at 8:40, the DP-E steel sliding sleeve should be using the bronze clad shift shoe. This one appears to be a steel shift shoe. We want bronze against steel.... not steel against steel. ..... he is dead right regarding inventorying the shims. DO NOT lose them. ..... 9:46 is the sliding sleeve. This one is a coated steel sliding sleeve. .....10:28 these two gears are the "driven" gears. .....11:14 he is referring to the "bearing crosses". These are nothing more than an automitive bearing cross. No need to purchase through Volvo Penta.
Hey Ted! Been watching your videos for a while they are always helpful. I had a favor to ask if possible. Could you watch the video I recently posted and tell me if you think i need a new lower shift cable? I recently had it adjusted at a marine repair shop and they said they adjusted it to work correctly, but the lever doesnt work with my shift arm that activates the interrupt switch as you can see in this video. Any help would be much appreciated! I dont know how to directly message you on here…
