Gimble bearing noise?

ParallaxBill

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What does it sound like?
1972 165 hp Mercruiser 250 L6. 18' Glassmaster Trihull

Just noticed a whirring noise a couple of weeks ago after running a short distance (full to cruise power) to a favorite fishing spot. I noticed it after idling down. Back at home on the muffs I couldn't hear it so I took it out again last weekend and heard it again. This morning I could hear it on the muffs but it isn't a loud noise, only a whirring that I did not have before.

It does it in forward, reverse and neutral. Cannot hear it at all under power on the water.

Ideas?
 

Don S

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Re: Gimble bearing noise?

Time to pull the drive and have a look. Check the gimbal bearing, is it rough?, was there water in the bellows?
 
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