Lubricating construction for marine propulsion device of water jet type

In a bearing arrangement for a marine outboard drive comprising an outer housing supported for pivotal movement relative to the transom of an associated watercraft and when attached thereto between a normal running condition and a tilted up service position, a drive shaft within said outer housing, at least one bearing fixed within said outer housing and cooperating with said drive shaft for journaling said drive shaft within said outer housing, a lubricant cavity formed within said outer housing and at least in part encircling said bearing, a fill and drain passage extending through said outer housing for draining lubricant from said lubricant cavity for replenishing lubricant thereof without necessitating disassembly of said bearing and which said outboard drive is still attached to the watercraft transom, said fill and drain passage being positioned vertically beneath said lubricant cavity when said outboard drive is tilted up to its service position relative to the tramsom of the watercraft to which it is attached for draining of lubricant from said lubricant cavity and disposed above said lubricant cavity for filling of said lubricant cavity to its normal filled condition when said outboard drive is in its tilted down running condition and attached to the watercraft transom.