Mercury 2.2 Shear Pin

[HLS]

Does anyone know where I might buy a new shear pin for my old Mercury 2.2?
Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[snorkmaiden]

Try www.Billhigham.com 0161 790 7678

 

[Davy_S]

Or simply buy a bit of rod and a hacksaw, you will then always have some.

 

[VicS]

You don't say where you are so no one can help with a local dealer therefore try the dealer search facility on the Mercury website to find a convenient one

http://www.mercurymarine.co.uk/dealersearch.php

Wiilsmarine http://www.willsmarine.co.uk/ are Mercury dealers and are known to be good for mail order spares.

You could try DavyS's suggestion. If you use the wrong material and you bust the gear box instead of the shear pin next time you run the prop around it wont seem such a good idea.

 

[Fire99]

I hate spending money unnecessarily but for the sake of about £1 each, I bought 5 correct ones for my 2.5, as i'd had personal experience of hitting a submerged bank.

Definitely glad I broke 1 quid of split pin rather than one Mariner gearbox.

 

[Lakesailor]

Does anyone know where I might buy a new shear pin for my old Mercury 2.2?

Chandleries have little packs of shear pins. I bought one the other day. Just take a caliper with you to measure them. The makes on the packs are sometimes a bit generic and the Mercury is the same as some other makes of motors, but is a Tohatsu really.

 

[electrosys]

I don't know if the 2.5 and the 2.2 use the same shear pin - if they do, checkout: Ebay # 370223621375

 

[fergie_mac66]

pop rivets

find out the dia of your shear pin,Have a look in B&Q at the pop rivets find the pop rivet with the right size waste core

Cheap pack and some pin snips or junior hack saw, or if you know a riggers shop,auto shop the waste bit end up on floor etc loads for nothing

 

[electrosys]

Aren't outboard shear pins made of a specific material calibrated to shear at a known stress ? When we used to move fighter aircraft twixt hangar and dispersal area, we always had a calibrated shear pin in the towbar. They often failed, but cheaper than pulling the oleo leg off.

 

[VicMallows]

I make mine from brass rod (4mm in my case, from B&Q). Cut to length; harden by heating to cherry red and plunging into cold water; chamfer ends slightly on a grinding wheel. Test a sample by clamping in a vice and hitting smartly .... should snap rather than just bending over. I sheer enough of them to be confident they function as intended.

Vic

 

[fergie_mac66]

pops

the waste on pop rivets is designed to snap .. having had 1 or 2 go in a yam 5 2 stroke and a honda 2.3 4 stroke, they work, maybe over perhaps twelve years , initially used in emergency, but they worked so well I just carried on using them .
I have to admit I cut them to length with a pair of 10 inch bolt crops and dont bother chamfering and i dont worry 2 much about the thickness so long as the go through hole and stop the prop rotating on shaft