RE: My kingdom for a shear pin!

Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Fri, 27 Nov 1998 08:54:17 -0800


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My point, exactly! You've stated it much more succinctly.

The manufacturers should have a service bulletin on this problem by now. A
recall would be appropriate.

Is the Mercury and Tohatsu the same engine?

Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA

Rye Gewalt <ryeg@vais.net> wrote:

>Has anybody contacted Merc or Tohatsu customer service on
>this problem? My limited experience with outboards tells me
>that this shouldn't happen. Maybe there's a bad bunch of
>shear pins out there or perhaps somebody is selling the
>wrong aftermarket item for that motor.
>
>Since this is almost a safety of life and property issue,
>it's something that should be brought to the manufacturers
>attention.