? about Bellows, gimbal bearing, trim senders

[rb437]

Looks like it's time for the next project. Bellows, gimbal bearing, trim senders. I'm getting some noise on hard turns and water in the bilge. Trim sender wires broke last year. So now it's time to do it all. Any suggestions on what to do, what not to do, or what kind of problem I'm likely to encounter?

[Airslot]

Before MJ gets here and says "go bracket and don;t look back" ;D, go back through repairs a little bit and do some reading. I think this job has been tackled by a couple members. We also have some guys who are good at this type of stuff. Read back though THEFERMANATOR's posts as he did a nice job documenting an Alpha1 rebuild this spring.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Here's the link to when I just redid one in APRIL. I got all of my parts and tools from EBASICPOWER off Ebay(better prices on EBAY than there store). If you have noise in hard turns I would also do the U-joints, the one I redid has some noise in turns or when trimmed up high and the only thing I didn't redo was the U-joints.

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Repairs;action=display;num=11772118 86

[macojoe]

Before MJ gets here and says "go bracket and don;t look back"

I would never had said that!! I was going to refer him to the same post!!

But since you brought it up. Go bracket and never look back! ;D

[rb437]

Thanks Air and Therm. I just revisited that post, lots of good info and pics!

MJ, I would have expected nothing less than "go bracket" from you. And it is a great idea if I was thinking of repowering. Maybe next time, but no time soon I hope.

[charlie_the_tuna]

just did it all.
the 3 bellows and shift cable.
what a pain in the ***.

[macojoe]

Yea and he waited 3 weeks for the paint to dry!! ;) ;D

[spareparts]

get a long 1/4 inch drive extension, and a good 5/16 (1/4 inch drive) swivel socket, it will make the job much easier.

[cfelton]

It aint too bad of a job, just take your time and replace everything at one time. I ve been there and done it,had to go back in and replace the lower gimble ring bearing and pin. I wished id done it the first time,but I got it right now. If ya got any questions ,theyre a few of us I/O guys left, and would be glad to help you out.

[garagenc]

Tell him C we I/O guys have to stick together, I just finished most of that including repowering from 305 to 350 love that extra HP.

[rb437]

Ok I got started and so far all is going well except replacing the shifter cable bellows. How do I get the bellows over that cable. Do I disassemble the drive end of the cable or does the engine end of the cable have to go through the bellows first?

Here's a picture of what I have at the drive end of the cable. Item #31 will not fit though the bellows
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s179/rb437/3A.png

Also you can see here I've set myself up to work on this a little at a time each day after work. Rain or dark will not stop me. I'll get this done before the weekend. Also the folding ladder made a good support for the outdrive.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s179/rb437/backporch091.jpg

Spareparts, I may be calling you tommorrow.

[frayed_knot]

Please take pics if you can to document this. I may need the info too ;)

[THEFERMANATOR]

23 and 28 come off of the actual cable. Also pay attention to 31 on your new cable if you replace it, mine in the new kit wasn't chamfered and bound up once I had it all together. But the end that hooks up to the shift bracket comes apart and comes off. The you pull the cable out of the gimbal housing. I would HIGHLY reccomend replacing the cable while your there though, you don't want to replace it at the beggining of next season do you?

[spareparts]

31 should rotate freely on the cable end once assembled, put the outer cable thru the bellows first, a little grease and some Mercury Power Tune will lube that thing right up so it jumps right thru that small hole in the shift cable bellows

[rb437]

Thanks to Spareparts for some tech support. I got the shifter cable out. Disconnected it from the engine side and pulled it through the transom. With more suggestions from Spareparts I'm ready to start putting it all back together.

Sorry no pics tonight, to busy talking to spare on the phone and working on the boat.

THANKS SPARE

[spareparts]

no problem ;D

[rb437]

Well I finally got it done Sunday afternoon. It was a major PIA to get to the upper bolt that held the trim senders in place but I eventually got it. Sorry, no pics, I just kept working and never stopped to take them.