Chevy_Mike
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- Mar 23, 2017
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So I called my local boat repair shop and they quoted me about $900 parts included to replace my bellows. The thing is however, he told me it'll take about a month turn around that they'll need the boat. I take it that it can't be more than what an 8 hour job for someone who knows what they're doing and has the right tools. Does that seem kind of a long time? Or is that normal and a fair price?
So from what I read is theres 3 bellows. U Joint, Shifter and Exhaust. So I looked over all of mine and the upper big one and the shifter seem fine, they don't seem warn out all. However the longest one which I believe is the exhaust looks like this. Can I get by with just replacing this one without removing the outdrive?
I'm an automotive tech so I'm very mechanically inclined, have plenty of hand tools etc. I know I can remove the outdrive and do the job myself if I absolutely have to. I see people who bring there cars in all the time trying to save money and do things themselves and end up making it worse. working on the 5.0 inside the boat is no problem, just the outdrive I'm not familiar working with, so I'd rather not remove it if I can help it. The $900 I don't have an issue with, its the month long turn around. I'd like to go out in the next few weeks and I still have to replace the backing plates all the way around, (One of the wheel cylinders is leaking) so I'm just going to replace them anyway since the trailer is an 01 and repack the bearings etc. So theres stuff I can be doing to the boat instead of it just sitting in the yard over there.
So going back to my main question. Can I replace that 1 bellow without removing the outdrive, or is it something that needs to be removed no matter what?
I attached a couple of pictures to verify what i'm talking about.
Thanks!
-Mike
So from what I read is theres 3 bellows. U Joint, Shifter and Exhaust. So I looked over all of mine and the upper big one and the shifter seem fine, they don't seem warn out all. However the longest one which I believe is the exhaust looks like this. Can I get by with just replacing this one without removing the outdrive?
I'm an automotive tech so I'm very mechanically inclined, have plenty of hand tools etc. I know I can remove the outdrive and do the job myself if I absolutely have to. I see people who bring there cars in all the time trying to save money and do things themselves and end up making it worse. working on the 5.0 inside the boat is no problem, just the outdrive I'm not familiar working with, so I'd rather not remove it if I can help it. The $900 I don't have an issue with, its the month long turn around. I'd like to go out in the next few weeks and I still have to replace the backing plates all the way around, (One of the wheel cylinders is leaking) so I'm just going to replace them anyway since the trailer is an 01 and repack the bearings etc. So theres stuff I can be doing to the boat instead of it just sitting in the yard over there.
So going back to my main question. Can I replace that 1 bellow without removing the outdrive, or is it something that needs to be removed no matter what?
I attached a couple of pictures to verify what i'm talking about.
Thanks!
-Mike