Bravo III . . . aahhh phooey !!!

[alldodge]

UPDATE:

I ordered 2 bearing carrier assemblies for the 2 outdrives. $385 each . . .

I am wondering if I will have to fiddle with the shims at all, or just go with what is there. :noidea: IIRC there is a total of 0.048" in shims . . . one of the outdrives might be slightly less.

How do you know there are .048 in shims, did you remove the bearing retainer nut, race and shims?

 

[tpenfield]

The bearing carriers arrived the other day . . .

Here's $800 sitting on the table



I'll probably bring the outdrive home this weekend so I can work on them in the garage over the next few weeks. Still pretty cold to work on the boat itself.

 

[tpenfield]

UPDATE:

I have done a little work on the outdrives. . . . drained the starboard outdrive down and last night, removed the old bearing carrier and installed the new one. Here are a few pictures:


Since I did a bunch of work on the outdrives last year, I have the tools and the bearing carrier came off without much fuss.



I had replaced the seals last year, and upon close inspection it looked like no oil was getting past them. So, it appears as the carrier housing itself may have cracked as it was grossly corroded.



Here is the new bearing carrier installed.



I'll probably complete the other outdrive in the next day or 2 and then do a pressure test on them both.

 

[alldodge]

How's the end play

 

[tpenfield]

How's the end play

I have not checked it yet, but will as you had mentioned. :thumb:

 

[tpenfield]

How's the end play

I did some checking of the end play, but not having the correct gauge, it was an approximation using my digital caliper . . .

I got 0.012" on the port drive and 0.020" on the starboard drive . . . so it looks like they are both in spec.

 

[alldodge]

Sure do looks like there good to go