How to keep drive to gimbal housing water hose from coming off?

[Chevyls6]

Is there any method to keep this hose from coming off? I trimmed my drive up and lost all cooling water. I had to get into the water to reattach it.

 

[Fun Times]

What stern drive model do you have?

 

[Chevyls6]

It's an alpha one drive bolted to a late pre alpha pre alpha transom assembly

 

[Fun Times]

It's an alpha one drive bolted to a late pre alpha pre alpha transom assembly

Should be a stainless steel hose clamp item numbers 16 or 18,

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CLAMP, Worm Gear, WATER HOSE

Was there any recent service work done in that area?

 

[Bt Doctur]

hose installed fully and clamped tight?
I had to get into the water to reattach it.
underwater? hard enough to see the clamp out of the water

 

[Chevyls6]

Yes i just put the whole assembly together a few months ago. I did put a hose clamp on there but it somehow still slipped off.

Did mercury use special hose in this area? The one on there is just auto grade 5/8 heater hose.

 

[Chevyls6]

hose installed fully and clamped tight?
I had to get into the water to reattach it.
underwater? hard enough to see the clamp out of the water

I mostly did it by feel since i couldnt see the barb. It's possible to do it with the drive all the way up and turned right. Didnt bother with the clamp as it was just to get me back to the dock.

 

[todhunter]

Did mercury use special hose in this area? The one on there is just auto grade 5/8 heater hose.

I bought a Quicksilver transom kit last year and installed it. It came with a generic 5/8 heater hose like you mention and a molded 5/8 hose. I installed the molded hose. Maybe the generic hose is too short?

 

[Chevyls6]

I bought a Quicksilver transom kit last year and installed it. It came with a generic 5/8 heater hose like you mention and a molded 5/8 hose. I installed the molded hose. Maybe the generic hose is too short?

That is entirely possible. I used the old one i took off as a guide to cut the new one. The parts list is saying 13 3/4" for both the mc1 and alpha 1.

 

[Chevyls6]

It seems pretty tight in there but i was wondering if anyone has any tricks to get this job done easier.