Rapid Disintegration of Saildrive Leg

[uncledom]

What you guys are calling the anode sure looks like the gear case cover to me. It should house the rear bearing for the prop shaft and the lower unit or sail drive seal.

 

[fstbttms]

What you guys are calling the anode sure looks like the gear case cover to me. It should house the rear bearing for the prop shaft and the lower unit or sail drive seal.

 

[SG]

196420-02652 Yanmar Saildrive Zinc Anode

196420-02652 Yanmar Saildrive Zinc Anode

www.boatzincs.com

 

[fstbttms]

196420-02652 Yanmar Saildrive Zinc Anode

196420-02652 Yanmar Saildrive Zinc Anode

www.boatzincs.com

Nobody uses those Yanmar anodes anymore because they require pulling the prop to replace them. Yanmar saildrives don't even come from the factory with those. This is the anode used most frequently now: