Exhaust comes out around the bellows, but the bellows appear to be ok...... Whats up w/ that?

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Brad888

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Its a 1972 Sea Ray w/ a Merc 888 (Ford 302).
I separated the exhaust bellows from the outer housing, so I could pull it down and inspect it away from the drive shaft bellows.... Its looks fine.
Strangely, the replacement exhaust bellow is short and doesn't connect to the transome,..... i guess this is fine.
Should i bother with mine leaking exhaust if the seal is apparently not critical?
I don't want to harm the drive shaft bellows.

Thanks
 

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ROY WILLIAMS

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Brad888 said:
Its a 1972 Sea Ray w/ a Merc 888 (Ford 302).
I separated the exhaust bellows from the outer housing, so I could pull it down and inspect it away from the drive shaft bellows.... Its looks fine.
Strangely, the replacement exhaust bellow is short and doesn't connect to the transome,..... i guess this is fine.
Should i bother with mine leaking exhaust if the seal is apparently not critical?
I don't want to harm the drive shaft bellows.

Thanks
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I was the drive shaft bellows ... The china is a smaller Bellows changed it out ...
then the company is the bellows SERRIA and the take it out of the old bellows , a small leak of that wear ..then did the SERRIA new bellows did the same part ...
 
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Is it the corrugated bellows or the smooth exhaust tube? Realistically neither is needed to operate the boat.
The tube only connects to the transom assy and nothing to the drive unit. The bellows (longer and bendy) connects to both.
 
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