Service Lower Unit

[XSDRD]

Got a 2000 Johnson 175 Fastrike Carb. Model# RJ175PLSS. Got to do a lower unit service tomorrow and don't know the best lower unit gear lubricate to use. This unit was replaced July 2010 this will be the first changing of the lower unit grease.

[SEAHORSE]

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[XSDRD]

Thanks Seahorse. In preperation for a trip this weekend I plan to change the LU gear oil and found that when I removed the drain plugs smf gaskets I was having a hard time reinstalling the plugs. I did find when cleaning the fine medal shavings from the magnet tip of the lower plug that the magnet tip had broken but was still in place. I had added Quicksilver gear lube to the LU and was having a hard time replacing the plugs. I tried to hand start the plugs but could not. Making almost 1 turn of the plug then it felt tight. For fear of cross threading I decided to wait till in the morning and go to the dealer for 2 new plugs and neoprene gaskets, along with some Evinrude/Johnson gear lube. Thanks again Seahorse.