My 1986 after a few years had the drive shaft bind. Took a lot of
penetrating oil sprayed in after I beat the unit down a little to get some
access. I used a wooden block against the foot.
Bill

"Red Cloud©" wrote in message
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Okay, what's the secret? I've done this job before on other makes, and all
I had
to do was remove 4 bolts and disconnect the shifter, and the lower unit
would
seperate pretty easily after a couple of blows with a rubber mallet. This
1992
9.9 Yamaha seems to need something else. The factory service manual
doesn't
really have much prose on the subject. Just an exploded view and a list of
the
order to remove things. I know this motor was apart for a water pump just
a
little over 2 years ago. Is there something else I need to do, or is this
sucker
just plain stuck?

red