Reply To: 2953 evinrude 15hp

[Steve D]

Never heard of a tool for those carbon seals, or drilling through them. I’ve always just used dental picks in the 2 rounded notches/cutouts in the carbon seal with a gentle back and forth and slight upward motion, with a drop or two of oil/WD40 to free things up a bit. I know they’re brittle so go easy and take your time. What do you mean they sent you 2 brings?? Do you mean 2 O-rings? A new O-ring sits in the recess of the I.D. of the carbon seal.

I sometimes like to poke the O-ring with the dental picks first and try to free that up first before trying to bring the whole thing up. Once you get that loosened up and rotating around the shaft a little, then try a light upward motion. This will help avoid breaking the brittle carbon seal. Sometimes even being careful, you can break that seal.

If guys have other ways of doing it, I’m open to learning about them.