"Chris Newport" wrote in message
news:1799302.emnxexnZYx@callisto...
On Sunday 24 October 2004 9:52 pm in rec.boats Mr Wizzard wrote:

So final update! Decided to see if I could the powerhead
seperated., and sure enough, came apart pretty easily.
Sure 'nuff, crankshaft seal toast. All "oozing" muck and such.
There is an intermeadiate seal that kinda protects the lower
seal, and that looked like it failed too, and there is a watery
grey ooze all up around the crankshaft seal, and the part of the
lip of the crankshaft seal itself is oozing some bubbly **** out
of the crankcase (which I have to assume is trapped something).
close up pics to follow, but there you have it folks, mystery solved!

Why did that seal fail ?

Actually, I take back what I just said in an adjacent post.
There is at least 10 thousands play in the crankshaft. Further,
it looks like (from waht I can see), the crankshaft is turning
inside what appears to be the innter bearing race. Haven't
splt the case yet, but if this is a true ball bearing, this is bad news,
means that hte ball bearing may be frozen. However, it might
be a just a bronze sleeve, I'll know more when I split the case.
(can't inagine a bronze sleeve bearing instead of a ball bearing).
Anyone know ?