Removal of Bayliner alpha 1 drive?

triplej1954 · Feb 19, 2013

Trying to remove this (on a car called a bell housing) and take it out of the hull to replace rotten wood in the transom. I have broken two 1/2 inch craftsman drives on this. Need to take the Alpha 1 drive completely out of the hull. Any ideas or what am I missing?

Levinz11 · Feb 19, 2013

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You have a pic of the other side?

Don S · Feb 19, 2013

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It's not a Bayliner drive, and it's not an Alpha I.

Looks to me like the Mercruiser transmission for a TR or TRS drive.
How about some pictures of the drive, and what was the model number of the engine in it?

triplej1954 · Feb 19, 2013

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Inside and outside picture. Told it a a V8 Mercruriser 75 Bayliner saratoga.

triplej1954 · Feb 19, 2013

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There was no engine in the boat. Sunk in salt water in Oregon while tied to the dock. Left unattended for years. Electronics and gear were all stolen before I bought her for removal.

Don S · Feb 19, 2013

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Ok, it must have been the angle of the picture, it's not a transmission, and it appears to be a MC-1 (Mercruiser One) drive gimbal housing, with a V8 engine Y pipe.
You really don't have much to work with there.

triplej1954 · Feb 19, 2013

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Have the rest of the outdrive in parts on a pallet. Just need this out to repair the transom. the two bolts that hold on the bell housing? will not turn. bteaks the wrenck rather than turn. Must be missing something.

carribbean soul · Feb 19, 2013

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nope they are 3/4 inch bolts that have nuts held by the inner plate. your torquing on the right thing.

that inner plate is $100 all day long on e bay you may want to try a sawz-all and destroy the inner plate and get moving on your project.

tpenfield · Feb 20, 2013

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Looks like to me that the flywheel housing is still attached to the transom assembly mounts, making it look like a tranny of some sort. If so, it must have been a neat trick to taking the engine out by unfastening it from the flywheel housing instead of the 2 rear mounting bolts.

Bondo · Feb 20, 2013

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triplej1954 said:
Have the rest of the outdrive in parts on a pallet. Just need this out to repair the transom. the two bolts that hold on the bell housing? will not turn. bteaks the wrenck rather than turn. Must be missing something.

Ayuh,.... I'm guessin' they're really frozen, rusted, corroded....

Try a 1/2" Impact gun, or grind the heads off, fix it, 'n use new bolts...

Don S · Feb 20, 2013

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The bolt (when exposed to salt water) WILL rust inside the motor mount, I have use some super high powered impact wrenches and they won't do the job because of the rubber in the mount absorbing the shock.

Cut the head off the bolt, then drill the rubber all around the inner portion of the mount and lift/pry the housing up off the inner portions of the mounts. Then cut off as needed to get the bolt out. You will destroy the mounts and bolts, but the flywheel cover will survive.

ONEGA · Feb 26, 2013

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I used to have similar problem on different motor. Bolt was loose but badly frozen to the inner bushing in the mount. Rubber was flexing and even high impact gun didn't help. Ended up with cutting the bolt between the bell housing and transom plate with sawz-all after trying to soak it with PB blaster unsuccessfully. Good luck.

triplej1954 · Mar 2, 2013

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Will try and get them out soon. Will be repowering the boat with a much newer engine, not sure how much of the housings I will need to save yet.

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