Can't get lower units off

[CDLongJr]

There's a bolt under the zinc.
If you are talking about the disc with the fin on it,(trim tab per the manual), the position of the fin was marked and the fin was removed. If you're talking about something else, I'm lost.
The manual also says the engine should be in neutral.I'll try in forward.

[thehermit]

There's a bolt under the zinc.
If you are talking about the disc with the fin on it,(trim tab per the manual), the position of the fin was marked and the fin was removed. If you're talking about something else, I'm lost.

look up in there. Up under that zinc. Thats where the biggest bolt lives. I believe 5/8 with extension does it.

[CDLongJr]

Yes, you go down thru the hole on the rear. That bolt has been removed.
Lifted engine back up, found the bolt ya'll were talking about. Lower unit is off. Thanks a million!!!

[CDLongJr]

Ok, repairs made, now it won't go back together. Lacks several inches from going up. I turn the prop, thinking the driveshaft splines aren't lined up, but when I turn the prop, the driveshaft doesn't turn, (althought I don't know how or why they would have turned).

[Blue197320]

did you remove it when it was in gear??

[Bigshrimpin]

put vice grips on the shift shaft (on the lower unit) and shift the lower . . . clockwise is forward, counter clockwise is reverse. Once lower unit in gear . . . just make sure it matches your the throttle position (forward or reverse) Drive shaft spins clockwise always.