I am working on John's new boat ( my old one :-) and I am trying to get the martec off, so he can send it in and get a new pin installed over the winter...
BUT I already cant get the conical nut off which sits inside. I got me a 3/8 square piece of stock and have a ratchet with a long extension attached. The square is basically only as long as I need it to clear the two " wings " where the propeller blades are resting against if they would be intslled ...
Now I have used liberal amounts of creaping oil to lube it up. Than I have even heated the big blob from the outside with a torch ... than while one person holding down the blob i turned the sqare...
The nut didnt budge at all, the square stock is now twisted nicely ...
what can I do to get that nut off ?
Any ideas ?
Thanks Thor
