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    Best place to buy bearings...

    I have a 99 EZ loader trailer with 15" 5 stud wheels where is the best place to buy the bearings ?
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    busting out drive gaskets...

    got that stupid pin i posted about in... and I am done with my gimbal ring repair finally... But I am putting the drive back in ( i have replaced all the bellows) and when I put the gasket on between the drive and the bellhousing it leaks. I am tighting it betweenlike the manual says. When I...
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    cotter pin on the lower swivel pin

    I got a new cotter pin... what is the easyest way to get iot ... it seems the space is smaller then the pin so would have to bend it... any ideas or tricks?
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    Boat blew up in jacksonville because the gas was overfilled?

    http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110108/met_350511429.shtml
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    Tiller bolt on the gimbal ring

    Do I have to take the tiller bolt all the way out or just loosen it. I have the top loose but it isnt dropping...
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    Exhaust Hose

    My neighbors boat needs new exhaust hose for his thru hull. Where do you guys get your stuff? any local places sell it?
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    gimbal replacement disaster

    I tried the plug kit. Well it worked well but when I went to tap the hole... man this did not work out. I am using a 1" pipe tap and it would not tap right. So now I have two 1" holes in the shield. what should I use to cover. I was thinking of having it welded. Or getting two stainless steel...
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    gimbal bearing install

    how do you know when it is all the way in? Driving it in... it looks in but I dont want to put everything back together if its not all the way in
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    Cut the outdrive gear oil hose

    Since my cracked gimbal ring I have take off the bellhousing redid all my bellows and what not. also changed my gimbal bearing. When I was cutting the bellows so i could get the off easier I cut right through the hose that goes from the bell housing to the transom. The hose that sends gear oil...
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    ujoints surface rust

    pulled my outdrive today to do the gimbal ring. I found a lot a fresh water in my bellows. IT has been there for 2-4 days. The ujoints have a very little bit of surface rust on the enought o were i rub it comes of with out sand paper or if i put grease on it disapears. Should I lighlty sand...
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    Tachometer is wrong thank god

    In an old post I was asking about my outdrive ratio. I have the 5.0 package gen II below in my sig. I and others thought it was a 1.5 SO I was doing rpm speed prop and slip calculations on the rbbi website as a 1.5 With my tach it was saying I was getting 3800 rpms on a 21p at 44-46 mph gps...
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    Gimbal Bearing Replacement

    http://www.mercstuff.com/gimbalbearing1.htm Is this the way to do this? Also, I getting some noise when I put my alignment bar in and I figure its not a big repair and should get it done when I am doing the u joint bellows.
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    Gimbal Ring

    out today for what will probably b the last day of the season. Leaving cracker barrell and looking and checking everything out. I see my gimbal ring is cracked right where the hinge pin goes through. I put some waterweld JB weld on it and it is holding fine. why would this break ? and what is...
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    wakesurfing behind an I/O

    Is there any safe way to do this. I know an I/O rides on the cav plate putting the prop at the top of the water. Would a swim platform make it ok?
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    auto vs marine stater

    I was at the ramp today realigning my boat on the trailer. I was in normal shorts and a shirt and as I pulling the boat out ( i am at a 4 boat ramp) The boar next to me a 23 ft chapparral bow rider has two guys under the swim platform. I ask if they are ok and they say they have had a "small...
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    outdrive electrolysis

    I boat a boat with minor outdrive electrolysis. I changed all the anodes on the drive as they were eaten. My question is what can i about the outdrive electrolysis that is there already paint ? sand? It hasn't rusted and it seems to be on the surface only.
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    Mercruiser TKS Turn Key Starting

    I have read about this mercruiser feature. when did they start putting it on boats? and how i do i tell it is on mine?
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    Winterize(ing)

    So I live in north florida. IT Gets to the mid 30's about 2 oe 3 times a year typically. Now It does get cold enough to freeze here and my question is. Since there is only a period of about 3-4weeks were it is cold enough to freeze, can I use prep my engine by putting anti freeze in a tub and...
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    Alpha Gen II Gear oil leak

    I got my shift bellows back on and the cable on and adjusted. One quick questions. Before I got the outdirve on tight there was bit of gear oil that was leaking out of the line that goes to the resivior. After I bolted it up tight there not a drip. Is this normal?
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    Shift Bellows on can't get inner shift cable back in

    The outter cable is back on and the bellows are on it but... I can't get the inner cable back in. it will go in about an inch past the silver and then stops... What am i missing the line doesnt seem kinked?
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