Hi fellow boaters!
Had some trouble with my gimbal bearing today.
When doing the OMC to SEI conversion a couple of months ago, I changed my old, rough gimbal bearing. The one I installed is made by GLM and it is greasable. When I installed the bearing, I pumped some grease into it (used "semi synthetic lithium soap based grease with EP-rating" that is like vaseline). I had a very loud howling noise at around 2500 rpm. The noise didn't occur in neutral gear.
Today I was changing the gear oils of my new SEI unit and pulled the drive to check the gimbal and bellows. I noticed that it seemed like the bearing hasn't been properly rotating (some marks in driveshaft). I thought that the bearing isn't properly greased so I applied some more grease to the bearing. Then I heard a pop. Tested to rotate the bearing and noticed that the "middle ring" in the bearing now rotates as well. I could also move the middle ring by pushing it with my finger.
Below a link showing what I mean. When I first intalled the bearing, it was quite stiff to rotate but only the innermost ring rotated.
http://1drv.ms/1K2tPXd
The bearing is ruined, right? When I'll try to pull the bearing, will it break and will I be left with the outer casing of the bearing inside the bore?
Had some trouble with my gimbal bearing today.
When doing the OMC to SEI conversion a couple of months ago, I changed my old, rough gimbal bearing. The one I installed is made by GLM and it is greasable. When I installed the bearing, I pumped some grease into it (used "semi synthetic lithium soap based grease with EP-rating" that is like vaseline). I had a very loud howling noise at around 2500 rpm. The noise didn't occur in neutral gear.
Today I was changing the gear oils of my new SEI unit and pulled the drive to check the gimbal and bellows. I noticed that it seemed like the bearing hasn't been properly rotating (some marks in driveshaft). I thought that the bearing isn't properly greased so I applied some more grease to the bearing. Then I heard a pop. Tested to rotate the bearing and noticed that the "middle ring" in the bearing now rotates as well. I could also move the middle ring by pushing it with my finger.
Below a link showing what I mean. When I first intalled the bearing, it was quite stiff to rotate but only the innermost ring rotated.
http://1drv.ms/1K2tPXd
The bearing is ruined, right? When I'll try to pull the bearing, will it break and will I be left with the outer casing of the bearing inside the bore?
