Re: Changing the shift rod seal on my Johnson CD-12

[fisherman6]

quote crosbyman:

come to think of it…

those bolts that mushroom in cement holes to hold on ….. could probably be slipped inside the brass fitting and…. mushroomed a bit with a few turns then pulled out ?? 💡 no tap & thread needed

I’ll have to try that next time if nobody tried it yet ❓

If you try this be VERY careful to not damage the casting. The very reason the OMC special tool doesn’t always work is because sometimes the hole in the casting is so close in diameter to the hole in the bushing there isn’t enough clearance for the tool to pass thru the casting with enough shoulder to catch the bushing to drive it out. In this case you either take a slight shaving off the hole in the casting or break a sizeable chunk out of it. It is entirely possible to damage the upper gearcase housing toothed point of making it unusable. I made the remover tool myself and have had to reduce the shoulder diameter twice to keep from damaging the casting. At this point the shoulder is barely there. The tool still works but I’m always careful to make sure I have clearance. I can’t remove any more shoulder and still reliably remove the bushing. If it’s that close I use the tap and bolt method.
-Ben

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