Have a 2001 Cobalt 360 with DP drives. Last year I had a marina pull the drives, align motors, and check things over. I also replaced the shift cables that winter.
This past spring I had a water getting in the hull. Boat sits on the trailer all week and spends one weekend night in the water during the summer.
Sometimes when I kicked the bilge on it would pump a couple gallons of water out and other times absolutely nothing. To me it seemed like it would take on more water if the boat was sitting anchored in rough water. One of the worst times I remember being anchored for quite a while and the drive may have been trimmed up....
I took it back to the dealer that worked on it last year and they said the leak was coming from the drives and that if it was bad enough the motors might have to be pulled!!... They said it was safe to run for the rest of the season. I have tried calling them to help clarify what they thought it was but I never get a call back.
Fast forward, I decided to pull the drives and look for myself. Starboard bellows looked perfectly dry inside and had nice fresh grease.
Port bellow had very slight evidence of moisture. The inside of the entire bellow and around the bearing was all like it had seen a little water. The grease was thin but not milky. The bellow looked fine. I shined a light inside it and flexed it and looked all over with no signs of any issues.
Any idea what in the world they could have been talking about? What would possibly require motors to be pulled???!!
I don't think the leak is coming from the bellow because there just wasn't enough water in there. I laid down in the bilge with the motors running and not running. I had them trimmed and not trimmed. I never saw a thing.......
This past spring I had a water getting in the hull. Boat sits on the trailer all week and spends one weekend night in the water during the summer.
Sometimes when I kicked the bilge on it would pump a couple gallons of water out and other times absolutely nothing. To me it seemed like it would take on more water if the boat was sitting anchored in rough water. One of the worst times I remember being anchored for quite a while and the drive may have been trimmed up....
I took it back to the dealer that worked on it last year and they said the leak was coming from the drives and that if it was bad enough the motors might have to be pulled!!... They said it was safe to run for the rest of the season. I have tried calling them to help clarify what they thought it was but I never get a call back.
Fast forward, I decided to pull the drives and look for myself. Starboard bellows looked perfectly dry inside and had nice fresh grease.
Port bellow had very slight evidence of moisture. The inside of the entire bellow and around the bearing was all like it had seen a little water. The grease was thin but not milky. The bellow looked fine. I shined a light inside it and flexed it and looked all over with no signs of any issues.
Any idea what in the world they could have been talking about? What would possibly require motors to be pulled???!!
I don't think the leak is coming from the bellow because there just wasn't enough water in there. I laid down in the bilge with the motors running and not running. I had them trimmed and not trimmed. I never saw a thing.......
