Mercury drive shaft housing length

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  • April 17, 2015 at 8:30 pm #1241
    A Hoskins
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      This is in regard to Mercury KE, KF and KG ‘7’ series motors. Today I was looking at a pile of parts with a tape measure. I think I saw that KE-7 Mercurys have a 19" (face to face) housing and the KF-7 and KG-7 motors have a 19-1/2" long housing. In the pile was a Mercury housing that was 26" long.
      What do you suppose it would have been used for and is it a rare part ?

      "Fox News" isn't.

      April 17, 2015 at 10:24 pm #14181
      jw-in-dixie
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        Yes, the KE7 housing is shorter – I was thinking 3/8". Anyway, I use one on my rat motor
        because it is shorter. Have to match drive shafts to the tower, usually.

        The 26" one may have been a sailboat model. They are typically longer than service towers.

        JW in Dixie

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