My manual says to use light oil on the drive shaft O-ring seals and not grease. The heavier grease can cause an airlock making it difficult to install the drive.
Nice Video. I need some help, i got the leg off 100%, when i took the pin out for the trim rams, one ram compressed and the other lengthened. I felt to see if i could push and pull and they seem solid, Why has this happened? How do i get them free to move to line them up? Thanks
You should be able to lift the outdrive by hand to line up one ram and put the pin half way through. Then lift the drive by hand some more to line up the other ram and push the pin all the through the lined-up rams. It's a two person job to do the lifting and lining up.
Could the penta sx model m lower unit be dropped in place on the boat? (The lower gear failed on the vertical shaft), Or does it require any disassembly of the upper unit to fix this issue?
Thanks for the video, I'm about to take mine off, I hit a rock and now I have nothing in forward or reverse. I can spin the prop by hand in forward, neutral, and reverse (engine off of course), any idea on what normally fails?
Hey any chance your lower unit had a steering trim fin? My boat doesn’t turn but has a good lean to the left when I go up on plane and the only thing I can find online is to adjust the trim fin but mine doesn’t have one any advice before I buy a 70 dollar chunk of Metal that may or may not help
Mine does not have one. On occasion it will lean to the left as well. It is a common issue and most people turn in the opposite direction to straighten it out. I believe it’s more of a weight balance problem than a steering problem. Those chunks of metal also serve as a sacrificial metal for corrosion. Mainly for salt water. I just adjust the people in the boat.
@@whatthechuck3114 you probably want to be specific and say fill until it comes out the side. top would be the dipstick hole to some, unless the SX-M is different from SX-A and others.
