Re installimg outdrive

What steering pins are you referring to I don't think that has anything to do with what problem we're having
 
To gamble helmet or bellhousing will move up or down and find its own alignment the steering is dead straight on
 
Scott215 said:
We have turned the wheel to the left to the right we've tried everything and the only thing he could come up with was that the bearing is not sliding over the shaft
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Basics here Scott, dont let it get you to frustrated or you will start grasping at straws.

If the bearing were to "small" the alignment tool would not go in either. It is perfectly machined to match the shafts.
The gimble bearing did not seat all the way, your description, a miss setup driver will have that problem.
And if the driver was to long that's how the splines get nicked.
The end of the alignment tool goes into the center of the splines, it does not have any splines itself so it will go in.
But the shaft has splines and must slide into the couplers splines. This is a machined fit.
The slightest nicks will prevent insertion.

I truly believe you have the same issue I ran into, these drives are not normally hard at all.
 
Installed corretly the bearing will be recessed about an 1/8 inch.
Inputshaft MUST NOT have any surface rust on it ,even the slightest will prevent it from going in all the way.
Resist the urge to kick it in/on or draw it in with the nuts.. A failed coupler will be the result.
When everything is correct you can push the drive on to within a 1/8 th inch
 
Scott215 said:
What steering pins are you referring to I don't think that has anything to do with what problem we're having
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I was referring to the main upper and lower pivot pins. In the first pic it looked like gimbal ring was kicked out at the bottom and contacting the gimbal housing. The second pic clearly shows that is not the case.
 
To all who responded the boat is going to the marina today. Never let someone else offer to work on your boat. I asked him if my temperature sounded right and he said he would replace the water pump for me and this is the result
 
I didn't know when the impeller was replaced so I told him about was running a tick over 170 and he said when was the impeller in place and I said according to my records 2018 so he said oh well I'm a licensed Mercury tech Master tech I'll do your water pump for you that's how all of this started and I think when he was trying to pound the alignment tool and he messed up the splines on the coupler I mean it catches on the splines but it will not go into the splines and the alignment is absolutely perfect but I think all of you guys I love this site I love this forum and I will definitely always be here
 
Well he hit it kinda hard with the same hammer used to install the bearing. He thought it was all the way in and it had 2 inches to go. I don't know ir a Sea Ray mercuiser shop will try to file the splines or want to replace the coupler which both people who have worked on it said they were fine, so why won't the drive go on when the splines catch
 
I would be tempted to buy a used input yolk shaft off ebay or something and see if it goes into coupling smoothly, before doing major surgery on anything, just to find out all is OK with that end of it.
That would be the tell all what the problem is / could be.
 
It's really weird bill it slid in the very first time we tried it and it was hanging up and he says all I need to put some oil on the back to o-rings to get it to go in so it was on the studs at that time so we pulled it back out to oil the o-rings and then could never get it back to where it was
 
It's already at Hyannis Marina service center you know their mercruiser authorized they sell sea rays so yeah it's a hit to the wallet but I was getting nowhere with this guy across the street and I can't have my boat down for 4 weeks The season's not long enough I need my boat back my wife's pissed not at me but at him and I'm just going to hand him the bill and he can do whatever he wants with it and I'll lean his house or take him to court but he offered everything I didn't ask him to do one thing to my boat he offered he said you get the parts order these parts he gave me specific part numbers and said you get the parts I will do the work
 
Scott215 said:
It's already at Hyannis Marina service center you know their mercruiser authorized they sell sea rays so yeah it's a hit to the wallet but I was getting nowhere with this guy across the street and I can't have my boat down for 4 weeks The season's not long enough I need my boat back my wife's pissed not at me but at him and I'm just going to hand him the bill and he can do whatever he wants with it and I'll lean his house or take him to court but he offered everything I didn't ask him to do one thing to my boat he offered he said you get the parts order these parts he gave me specific part numbers and said you get the parts I will do the work
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Scotty - I know you're upset, but let's keep this in perspective. A guy offered to help you. Whether he's experienced or not, he offered and you accepted. As for the repair... it's an outdrive. It's something simple. I've pulled them numerous times. 98% of the time they go smoothly. 2% of the time shit doesn't. You're not in unchartered territory and you will find the solution. Try putting the drive in gear and rotating the prop as you slip the drive in. Make sure the splines aren't over greased. Sometimes too much grease will create a sealing effect whereby they won't push in correctly. And think of the bright side... you're outside of the bilge with plenty of room to work! Be glad you're not tucked up and wedged in a bilge corner where you can't move and you depend on someone handing you tools in 105 deg F weather!
 
No I understand that but I do construction work and if I offered to help somebody and there was a major issue which I don't know yet because I haven't heard from the marina I'd be a little upset that's all I'm saying I'm okay
 
Scott215 said:
No I understand that but I do construction work and if I offered to help somebody and there was a major issue which I don't know yet because I haven't heard from the marina I'd be a little upset that's all I'm saying I'm okay
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We'll help you! We'll get it!
 
He would walk over try it one and if it wouldn't go in he got all upset and went home this went on for two weeks 1 try at a time ,he should have spent an hour or so helping me find out what's wrong
 
Scott215 said:
...but he offered everything I didn't ask him to do one thing to my boat he offered he said you get the parts order these parts he gave me specific part numbers and said you get the parts I will do the work
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I hate to see that happen to a new member. Assuming he didn't supply you with a "legal" receipt for the work done, I think you'd be hard pressed to pass any legal judgement against him. You can always ask him to help pay for the difference in the bill he caused above and beyond the original water pump replacement once it comes back from the shop, but, even so, you'll be relying on his good nature to pony up.
 
And there's also the, he lives across the street thing. Might be cheaper in the long run to just let it go?
Sounds like he may have a bit of an inflated ego mixed with a short fuse. Ever see the program fear thy neighbor?
 
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