Lasdrop leaking seal

[gwido1]

I have a 2002 3860 . the boat is new to me. The Lasdrop drive shaft seal is leaking ( when running is pretty bad ). I was told that there may be spare seals already loaded into the unit from Regal at manufacturing so you dont have to pull the boat out to repair. # 1 does anyone know if this is true . # 2 is there any kind of split O ring that could be used in this repair. Any advice would be great, before we have to pull the boat .

[promiseskept]

I had heard the same thing but My 2003 3860 did not have one.