i know i read sometime back some one sold the mercruiser hingpin socket and other varouis tools

any one know a good source for these tools i know i need a drive alignment tool and the hingepin tool

what else would i need to complete this kinda job

workin on pre alpha drives i belevieve all my bellows are hose clamped on least all the ones i have undone so far

http://www.sterndrive.info/sterndriveparts/tools.html

http://www.mercstuff.com/shiftcable1.htm

google the tool you need and start surfing

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Those Mercury hinge pin tools are junk. The one I had twisted. I used a 5/8" allen on my Bravo hinge pins.

Twisted mine off too.

Bought the hinge pin tool from BAM. Soaked pins from the inside of the gimbal ring with PB Blaster for a few days (one application a day) before trying it. Took a 1/2" breaker bar and a 2ft pipe "extension". They came loose with a loud bang.

i stuck a few allens in them ill have to see if i had mm or ase as i didnt look was just tryin to find one that fit.. yes i already sprayed em down

You guys are right, alot are seized. Some mechanics will heat them up before.

If they have not been apart for a few years...heat is a necessity. I had one that was so frozen up last year that I had to cut it out with a sawzall. I had to use a special tungsten/carbide Lennox blade..took an hour and lots of cutting oil. When I finally got it off I found out that the U-Joint Bellows collar was half rotted away so I had to get a new transom assembly any way.

Hinge pins are installed from the factory with loctite and you are supposed to reinstall them with loctite. Heat will help release them. Be carefull, you can pull the threads out easily. I'm not positive but I don't think PB Blaster or anything like that will affect loctite.