Fleetwin – I ended up doing just about what you described. I first pulled the rubber portion of the seal out leaving just the metal case. My seal puller was just tearing through the face of the case so I grabbed the top face with some pliers and pulled it inward toward the center of the hole, thereby collapsing the case inward away from the bore in the housing. After I got a small space between the bore and the seal case, I applied a little heat from the torch and some PB Blaster around the bore edge. After 30 minutes or so, gave it a little tug with the seal puller and it came right out. No damage to the housing, bore hole or bushing. Seal ended up being pretty torn up but who cares – it’s out!
Bob
1937 Champion D2C Deluxe Lite Twin
1954 Johnson CD-11
1955 Johnson QD-16
1957 Evinrude Fastwin 18
1957 Evinrude 3022
1958 Johnson QD-19
1958 Johnson FD-12
1959 Johnson QD-20
1982 Evinrude 25hp
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