Reply To: 3 1/2 HP Firestone

[Mrelmo]

OK the issue is the lower unit. I pulled the front cover off where you fill with lube, the prop shaft is frozen to the front cover (when the cover came off there was nothing but dust). The motor was still seized, so I pulled the mid section out and the motor turns freely. However the main shaft is seized to the midsection. So both gears need to be replaced. the shafts appear to be in good shape, but I am having a hard time trying to get the gears off the prop shaft and main shaft. Are these gears available and how do they come off the shafts.