I removed the seal about an hour ago. Didn’t have a fancy OMC puller,
and my futile attempts of prying it out were getting me nowhere.
I could not drill a hole in the seal as my drill was too “fat” to
get the right angle. Therefore, I spent about 15 minutes and pulled
the front of the crankcase off.
After seeing the seal area on the crankshaft, I see why the seal
was blowing air on my test. It’s all pitted beyond hope.
Not sure if there’s a “speedy seal” cure for this, but I doubt it.
The pitted area can’t be ground out as the point lobe above the seal area on the
crankshaft is almost the same diameter.
Also, with the seal out, I got a proper measurement on the shaft size
in the seal area.
I measure 1.197 shaft. Specs online for the 308500 seal say
shaft size 1.110 which is a little confusing to say the least.
I will ponder my situation and listen to any suggestions, but I’m
not looking to throw a bunch of money into this motor that I
really didn’t want anyway, lol.
Prepare to be boarded!