part replacement question MC-1

[yonu]

ok quick question I am finally getting around to installing the MC-1 I picked up last year but I have a question the rim around the gimbel bearing that the ujoint bellow clamps to. Is it replaceable I assume it isn't at least note by itself so is it part of the transom plate or the gimbel housing min has a couple of chips gonna from it and the aluminum if horribly corroded and crumbly in places. So I figured I would start finding one and baring any issues when I finish the install tomorrow I will change it next season.

Thanks,
yonu

 

[Bondo]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

ok quick question I am finally getting around to installing the MC-1 I picked up last year but I have a question the rim around the gimbel bearing that the ujoint bellow clamps to. Is it replaceable I assume it isn't at least note by itself so is it part of the transom plate or the gimbel housing min has a couple of chips gonna from it and the aluminum if horribly corroded and crumbly in places. So I figured I would start finding one and baring any issues when I finish the install tomorrow I will change it next season.

Thanks,
yonu

Ayuh,... That lip is part of the transom castin',...

I ain't got the link, but there's an outfit outa Florida that has a "Kit" to repair it,...
Gerka, or something like that,...

It's some sorta metal ring, 'n epoxy to hold it in place,...

 

[yonu]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

thanks I will start googleing then as everything else looks good everytime I start working I find more and more that the previous owner F#$#%$up.

Thanks,
Yonu

 

[yonu]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

is this what you were referring to? GHRKIT details

it is cheaper than a plate and less work but still yikes.

thanks,
yonu

 

[Bondo]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

Ayuh,.... That's what I was thinkin' of,...

 

[yonu]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

thanks any personal experience with them if not hopefully someone will chime in

thanks,
yonu

 

[crazyinkc]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

I see one for the Alpha 1 and you say you have an MC-1. I know my MC-1 has a different bellows from the Alpha. Might work, just throwing that out there.

 

[yonu]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

Thanks I wasn't aware of that I will check on that as the bellows kit I have is for a alpha one I just figured they used the same bellows. I assumed the mc-1 bellow is the lipless bellow?

 

[84EdH]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

Alpha 1 universal joint bellows same as mc 1. Exhaust bellows on a mc 1 is different by the book, but can use the alpha exhaust bellow just as well.

 

[crazyinkc]

Re: part replacement question MC-1

Thats good to know next time. Thanks for the info 84Edh. Mine is an MC-1 EZ Shift (1966) so that might be the difference.