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Old 10-10-2010
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Originally Posted by Stretch View Post
Just out of curiosity:

Why wouldn't you just get a straight bladed watchmaker's screwdriver, insert it between the inside of the e-clip and the shaft of the outdrive and twist it to pop the e-clip off? Takes a couple of seconds, no effort and you can usually reuse the clip as it doesn't get damaged.

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You need to get the gear off before you can see the e clip on the plastic housing side ! i trial fitted my out drive to the gear before i put it thro the housing removing very small amount of anodising from the hex on the outdrive so it just falls out with a tap on a worktop/bench
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