
Man, I tried. I guess I just got bad luck. I beat it this morning before I went to work. Not one budge. I soaked it down with more WD40 and came back this evening and beat on it some more with my mini maul. I've hit hard enough to mangle the very top of the stud. I've tried lightly prying the lower unit from the tailshaft, but I'm afraid something will break. I see no way to get the stupid thing off. Anything else I should try to do before I just put it back together, cut off the top 1/4 of the front stud and bolt it down and let it rip until the pump does go out?