Re: [OMC-Boats] Out drive opperation question

Thanks for the advice. I shall start greasing the ball gears.

Greg Fell - out of office mobile message

On May 25, 2009, at 7:53 PM, "Andy Perakes"
<aperakes@...> wrote:

> The ball gears used to transfer power from the engine to the stern
> drive are also known as spider gears (at least in our neck of the
> world). Its pretty common for driveline components to have multiple
> names, i.e., prop shaft = drive shaft, ring gear = crown gear, etc.
> Bill had some pics a few e-mails back. One looked like it might be
> okay, the other looked like the sides of the each ball had been worn
> off (hard to tell from the pic). Both looked bone dry when they
> should have a good polish of grease on them. Like I said, I hit the
> face of each gear with a pea-sized blob of grease pretty much ever
> time I go out (I usually run a full day when I go out; after short
> trips I usually don't need to hit them again). I should add, I
> launch in a relatively shallow creek so I need to run with the unit
> up for the 1st and last ~1/2 mile each day. With the unit up, the
> gears operate under angle where they'll see more sliding motion. If
> you only "drive" with the unit fully down, there should be little to
> no relative motion between the teeth and you shouldn't need to
> grease them as often.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gregory B. Fell
> To: Evinrude & Johnson Boats of the 1960's and 70's
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [OMC-Boats] Out drive opperation question
>
> Are you referring to the ball gears as "spider gears"? Or the tilt
> gear?
>
> Greg Fell - out of office mobile message
>
> On May 24, 2009, at 1:26 PM, "Andy Perakes"
> <aperakes@...> wrote:
>
>> Absolutely not. You can IDLE with the unit partly raised in
>> shallow water (make sure the water pick-up is submerged!), but
>> those spider gears were not designed to run off-axis under load.
>> Likewise, you should grease those spider gears religously. I
>> recommend greasing them (or at least checking them) every time you
>> go out. This is one thing we've been fanatical about and as a
>> result we are still running on the original spider gears (mechanic
>> says they should be good for another 40 years as long as I keep up
>> the maintenance).
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kyle
>> To: omc-boats@...
>> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:00 PM
>> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Out drive opperation question
>>
>> Hey just a quicky Can u opperate the tilt while driving to trim the
>> motor? Or do you just set it all the way down and go ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks
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