I cracked the plastic "cap" on the gear lube assembly that pops out on the aft side of the bell housing. It cracked as I was taking the drive off for annual maintenance. My question- do I have to take the bell housing off to change this lube assembly/fitting, or does it just pop out of the housing? I'm working on an XZ drive.

it is just held in by a couple small o-rings .take some neddle nose pliers and pull it .

You're my hero. Thanks for telling me what I needed to hear!

Valve Assembly Part # 18920A1 list 51.58 includes the 2 orings ......

The o-ring in the Bell Housing part # 25-62705
list for .89 .....

Offthefront,
Thanks for the info. I'm happy to say I got my drive on today. It only took me 5 trips to the dealer for misc parts. It was tougher than the two drives I've done in the past, but when "she" snugged up I was elated! On the brighter side, it was 80* today and I was thinking "what a great day to be out on the water." Of course my buddy and I had to settle for 1 or 4 cold ones and called it a day.

well ..... its 25 here right now ......... .... but typical North Florida weather means it will be back in the 70's by Friday !!!