500dollar744ti
Senior Chief Petty Officer
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- Jul 23, 2012
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i've had my drive off a few times now and i've replaced the bellows and the drive to bellhousing gaskets, i still get some residual goop in the bottom of the drive bellows that i have to soak up with a rag. it's not completely full but there's about 1/2" of watery, greasy slurry that sits in the bottom of the bellows.
when i first got the boat, the welch plug was missing and the big drive o-ring seal was missing as well as someone tried to fix the bellhousing gasket with silicon. needless to say, the drive bellows was full of water. it was trickling in through the gimbal bearing into the bilge.
i pulled the boat out, replaced the bellows, gimbal bearing, installed a new welch plug, changed the gear oil and installed it with a new gasket set (quicksilver OEM).
i know the entire bellows isn't filling with water because it's not weeping through the gimbal at the dock like it was before.
i'm new to sterndrives, is it possible to have a bone-dry bellows or is it common to have a little something in there on an older drive?
also, what seals the shifter cavity on the drive side, i noticed the shifter cable bellows only seals the gimbal side and then is a cone shape but doesn't look like it goes all the way to seal the drive side?
when i first got the boat, the welch plug was missing and the big drive o-ring seal was missing as well as someone tried to fix the bellhousing gasket with silicon. needless to say, the drive bellows was full of water. it was trickling in through the gimbal bearing into the bilge.
i pulled the boat out, replaced the bellows, gimbal bearing, installed a new welch plug, changed the gear oil and installed it with a new gasket set (quicksilver OEM).
i know the entire bellows isn't filling with water because it's not weeping through the gimbal at the dock like it was before.
i'm new to sterndrives, is it possible to have a bone-dry bellows or is it common to have a little something in there on an older drive?
also, what seals the shifter cavity on the drive side, i noticed the shifter cable bellows only seals the gimbal side and then is a cone shape but doesn't look like it goes all the way to seal the drive side?