Mercury 40HP Input Shaft Seal Replacement | Mercury 40 Outboard Upper Seal Replacement | Boats.net

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See how to do an upper seal replacement on your Mercury 40HP in this video from Boats.net.

We’ve already removed the lower unit, and if you need to see how to do that you can check out this video:    • Mercury Tracker 40 Lower Unit Removal | Me...  

John will start by getting the gearcase fluid out. Then, we’ll show you how to remove the prop and get the input shaft removed. During this process, we scratched the input shaft a little bit, and John will show you how to repair that.

With the input shaft removed, we’ll use our Mercury outboard seal kit to replace them. We’ll wrap up by reinstalling the input shaft.

See this diagram for a better look at the lower unit and input shaft seals: https://www.boats.net/catalog/mercury...

Read how to do this job step by step: https://www.boats.net/blog/mercury/40...

See how to replace the prop seals here:    • Mercury 40HP Prop Seal Replacement | Mercu...  

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS:
Draining the lower unit - 0:50
Removing the prop - 1:00
Removing the pinion gear - 2:00
Removing old seals - 3:00
Replacing the seals - 4:35
Replacing the input shaft - 6:22

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In the video we’re working with a 2003 Mercury 40HP 4-stroke EFI outboard motor, but you may have similar steps for your Mercury outboard. If you’re not sure whether these steps apply to your motor, leave a comment and we’ll get back to you.

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