Hi John,

I'm going to guess that the v-drive weighs somewhere near 100 lbs.  It's not undoable to remove yourself – It's less than an 8D battery and I used a block and tackle to remove one of them.  Actually, I hung it off the end of the main boom and swung it over the dock where I then lowered it to the deck.  I used the mizzen sheet (which has snap shackles on either end).

Bob

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Indulgence < ([email][/email])> wrote:

Hello,

I found some oil leaking from the bottom of Walter V-Drive. I thought that I would pull it and put new gaskets in this winter at home. Any ideas on the weight of the V-drive? The boat is being pulled for the season on Wednesday….I'm trying to understand if this something I can get out on my own or need to have yard do.

I thought if I am there, it might be time to pull the shaft and redo the Cutlas bearing as well as putting in a dripless stuffing box.

John Sommer
Indulgence #179
Portland, ME

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Bob Fine
s/v Pelican
Hull #8

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I just had mine pulled and rebuilt. The mechanic said that it weighs about 90 lbs. It’s a little awkward for one person, so you might want to get some help. I would recommend that you pull the mounts with it and be sure to mark their present position. This makes it a dream to reinstall without realignment…….assuming that your present alignment is good.

I don’t know if you’ve looked inside yours, but the cooling passages in mine were almost completely blocked with salts ( the PO must not have serviced it in a decade. Mine had to be sandblasted to clean it out.

You may also want to bake the casing. Per my mechanic, the cast iron casing absorbs water over the years through all of the casting faults. This makes it very brittle and it can crack easily. This will also prevent “weeping” after you repaint the unit. He baked it in an oven for several hours to remove the water. He forgot to bake the top cover and it broke in two when reinstalling it. I was there when it split and was amazed at how easily it cracked in two.We had to fabricate a new one for the final installation.

In talks with the Walters people, we found that some parts are available, but the casing is not.

Hope this helps.

Dan Kalinowski
Lady Leanne (#135)
Honolulu

John, it's imperative this be aligned correctly when it goes back in.  Make sure you don't change anything that could compromise the alignment.  I pulled mine on my own.  It's pretty heavy but I got it off the boat while on the hard and I'm not that big.  You may want to isolate the leak before you pull it.  It's a bear to get out and even worse to get back in due to the mass of the thing and the confined area. 

I had oil leaks also.  The inside of the cooling jacket was all ate up with rust, so much that the fins snapped off in my fingers.  I ended up replacing it with the RV-26. The RV-26 isn't a drop in replacement.  It requires a different output shaft installed into the end of the upper drive shaft and modified mounts.  It was expensive but I figured with the rebuild I just did on the W60 it was worth it to do the job right.

Chuck

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Indulgence < ([email][/email])> wrote:

Hello,

I found some oil leaking from the bottom of Walter V-Drive. I thought that I would pull it and put new gaskets in this winter at home. Any ideas on the weight of the V-drive? The boat is being pulled for the season on Wednesday….I'm trying to understand if this something I can get out on my own or need to have yard do.

I thought if I am there, it might be time to pull the shaft and redo the Cutlas bearing as well as putting in a dripless stuffing box.

John Sommer
Indulgence #179
Portland, ME

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John
The oil leak is most likely from the output shaft seal. You really need to remove the V-drive to get at this seal. Its not expensive but it can be difficult to remove. Removing the V-drive can be done by most folks who are handy with wrenches and can lift a hundred pounds or so. Here are my notes.

http://www.richardcarter.net/repower/Vdrive.html

Don’t spend a lot of money on the V-drive. If you find that it needs a lot of work just replace it. They are throw-aways.

Regards
Rich

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