Re: [OMC-Boats] Help! Trailer wheel bearing size?

Ahhh. If you're strictly after wheel bearing size, sorry, I can't help you
there as I have a TeeNee trailer.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Julien" <dfjulien@...>
To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
<omc-boats@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Help! Trailer wheel bearing size?

> Andy, I was hoping someone here knew the trailer wheel bearing size.
> Sorry if the title of my post was confusing. Thanks for your reply and
> when I find the size I'll post it. My brother reports that he's tried 1
> 1/16" and 1 3/8" without success.
>
> I've replaced bearings before and watching some generic video isn't going
> to tell me the size!
>
> -Doug Julien
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 8/16/09, ANDY PERAKES <aperakes@...> wrote:
>
>> From: ANDY PERAKES <aperakes@...>
>> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Help! Trailer wheel bearing size?
>> To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
>> <omc-boats@...>
>> Date: Sunday, August 16, 2009, 10:38 AM
>> #yiv208245697 p
>> {margin:0;}What kind of help do
>> you need? Just saying "Help!" doesn't
>> give us much to go on. I suggest you go to
>> etrailer.com, trailerpartssuperstore.com, or
>> trailerpartsdepot.com and watch some of the "how
>> to" videos they have posted. That's going to
>> do a lot more for you than a bunch of guessing at what kind
>> of help you might need.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Doug Julien" <dfjulien@...>
>> To: "Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's
>> and 70's" <omc-boats@...>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 10:03:14 AM GMT -05:00
>> US/Canada Eastern
>> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Help! Trailer wheel bearing
>> size?
>>
>> Hi all:
>>
>> My brother had a bearing failure on the factory trailer
>> with the '69 Sportsman aboard. He's going back
>> to the commuter lot today where he left it to replace the
>> bearing. Is it a 1 1/16" size? Help!
>>
>> Fortunately this was *after* a great day yesterday with a
>> cruise on Lake Michigan down to Saugatuck...so I don't
>> feel too sorry for him.
>>
>> -Doug Julien
>>
>> --- On Fri, 8/14/09, Lee K. Shuster (lib1)
>> <lib1@...> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Lee K. Shuster (lib1) <lib1@...>
>> > Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Newer Upper gear cases
>> > To: bchowk@..., "Evinrude & Johnson
>> Boats of the 1960's and 70's"
>> <omc-boats@...>
>> > Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 4:59 PM
>> > 
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > BC,
>> >
>> > Go online and look thru
>> > the GLM catalog
>> http://www.glmmarine.com/pdf/OMC_Catalog.pdf or
>> >
>> > call their office for advice. They have a fairly
>> extensive
>> > listing of upper gear
>> > sets by year and hp rating. I'm pretty sure you
>> can
>> > interchange the upper gear
>> > sets and housing to/from electric shifts: 69-71,
>> 72-78, and
>> > the later
>> > cable-shifter 79-85 stringers, at least that's
>> what I
>> > conclude from a quick
>> > glance at their catalog.
>> >
>> > I would imagine you would
>> > be looking for the 21-19,
>> > 21-18, and 21-17 "in-betweener" ratios.
>> The
>> > 21-16 is the tallest from the
>> > Chevy and Ford 351, while your Buick's present
>> ratio is
>> > very close to 1:1,
>> > either 25:25 or 21:20. If you go used -- then
>> > you want to look
>> > for upper gear sets from 165, 175, 190 hp stringers
>> (ie
>> > Chevy I-6, and 302 Fords
>> > which are pretty common.)
>> >
>> > Lee
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message
>> > -----
>> > From:
>> > BC Howk
>> >
>> > To: omc-boats@...
>> >
>> >
>> > Sent: Friday, August
>> > 14, 2009 1:58
>> > PM
>> > Subject: [OMC-Boats]
>> > Newer Upper gear
>> > cases
>> >
>> > Does anyone out there know what the difference is on
>> > the upper
>> > gearcase for a stringer post 1977.
>> >
>> > I've been toying with the idea of
>> > changing the gearing on my sportsman and an
>> upper gear
>> > case caught my eye on
>> > ebay relatively inexpensive (comparable to just
>> gear
>> > sets I have seen)
>> > rebuilt with a nice 21-20 gear ratio but it
>> says it is
>> > for an 82-86 3.8 liter
>> > V-6...OK, I have not dug really deep into my
>> outdrive
>> > research...yet, but I
>> > haven't seen anything that explains the
>> diference and
>> > I am
>> > just curious if I could use this newer upper
>> > gearcase and bolt it right
>> > in, I mean judging from every picture I have
>> ever seen
>> > the difference is not
>> > immediately obvious...
>> >
>> > Anyone know?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > B.C.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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Received on Monday, 17 August 2009