Stern Drive Boat Motor Manual

Service and repair your marine motor with a manual from Clymer or Seloc. Our stern drive manuals will guide you step by step from the easiest to the most difficult tasks on your marine engine. Each book contains hundreds of photos with instructions on exactly how to maintain your engine. Maintenance and troubleshooting are covered in each manual as well as wiring diagrams. Chapters typically cover sections such as: Cooling System, Engine Specifications, Drive Shaft, Fuel System, Ignition, Electrical Systems, Gear Case, Storage/Winterize, Timing, Trim, Tilt, Torque Specifications and Tune-Up.

Confused about stern drive vs inboard motors and which one you have? A sterndrive propulsion system contains a marine engine which is housed inside the boat similar to an inboard. The difference between the two is what is under and behind the boat. Inboard boats use a propeller which stays in one place and doesn't move side to side. Inboards are steered by a rudder which is controlled by the steering wheel. Sterndrives on the other hand have the entire transmission and propulsion system, called an outdrive, on the rear outside of the boat which turns as the steering wheel is turned.