The upper gear set ceased in the housing due to lack of oil. I have removed
it and am looking into the possibility of replacing the gears set but others
that have posted here say its a bad idea. It look rather straight foward to
me. The gear set run about 600


"Lawrence James" wrote in message
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Why did it quit? Sometimes there are cheap reasons for that, like
stripped
out coupler.

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I have a 1991 Mecury Alpha one Gen I sterndrive with a 1.98-1 gear
ratio.
It
is mounted to a 3L 4 cyc engine but the sterndrive ceased this summer
and
I
have found another one but it has a 1.47 ratio. Can this sterndrive be
mounted onto the same engine. What about a later year model like a 1995
alpha one gen one would that fit? Lastly what does the upper unit gear
ratio
relate to? Torque...engine speed?

Lots of questions