What is this hole?

[jwalth02]

Ok so now I am thoroughly confused... What do I need to look at?

 

[Bt Doctur]

post 16. If you have water entering at the arrow your main bellow has a leak. If not corrected promtly the U joints will fail, the gimbal bearing will fail and the water will get into the outdrive and cause it to fail.
Shift into fwd, remove the hyd rams, remove 6 nuts, pull straight back and off

 

[wellcraft-classic210]

You may be able to see the tear in the main bellows from the outside -- but pulling the drive will allow a better inspection

If the bellows is due for service you may want to service other wear items at that time -- trim sensors, shift cable, impeller, all 3 bellows, gimbal bearing , u-joints etc

 

[jwalth02]

So for an update...

I just got done pulling the drive off and discovered gobs of silicone pulling away from the bell housing and NO GASKET! What the hell...

So I ordered a bellows kit that has the gasket and the gimbal bearing, as well as an impeller kit so I know it will be good. The U-joint feels solid, no play at all so I'm going to leave that for now.

The only thing I can't find is the rod end pin for the trim cylinders, the only place it shows up is in a trim kit for $400 and I am not going to pay that. The one end of the pin is stripped and the other nut is seized. Any suggestions?

 

[Bondo]

The only thing I can't find is the rod end pin for the trim cylinders, the only place it shows up is in a trim kit for $400 and I am not going to pay that. The one end of the pin is stripped and the other nut is seized. Any suggestions?

Ayuh,..... You Should be able to get what ya want, by the individual piece,.....

 

[jwalth02]

Ayuh,..... You Should be able to get what ya want, by the individual piece,.....

Nope, even called them and they said they can only get the kit. But I plan to keep looking tomorrow.

 

[stang32]

get a thread chaser and try to clean up the threads, if it is stripped totally, try using a dye 1 size smaller and use a smaller nut.
also , check ebay