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[Badfish888]

So, The whole ( chisel the gimbal in two and it will fall out) Yeah ok, Not only did i have to chisel every inch of the bearing out . I had to pry and peel the outer ring out. It might as well been welded in. WTF. Any way Old one is out new grease seal and bearing are in. The bearing is in strait And at the same depth as the old one. And just as i feared Now my outdrive will not go on.

i can get it in all the way past the you joints But the splines wont go in I know Or at least hope its just the alignment.
so the lower is in a heated garage for the winter. And i fogged and drained the motor. The garbage bagged and taped up the transom assembly. Im in school for 2 months and will have to wait till then to work on it.
if any one has any tips Or leaves near VA and would like to let me borrow an alignment tool. That would be awsome. I can pay cash Or i have alot of .22 lr as payment
also how stiff are these bearings. Spins freely but i tried to twist the bearing with a wooden dowel and almost broke it. How dothe alignment tools work?

 

[Badfish888]

Anyone?

 

[ZZ13]

Problem is the title of the thread doesn't indicate what help you need. So those that can help probably aren't even opening the thread. If it were me I'd repost it in the other thread you already had going on this. There are already people answering on that thread that can help.

 

[BillK2632]

A couple of tips in getting the drive on.

- the gimbal bearing is like an eye socket it will swivel in all directions, you need an alignment tool to get the bearing lined up with the coupler. The shaft has to go thru the bearing and straight into the coupler. The tool will help get this initial alignment.

- if the drive gets stuck at the last inch or so the the splines on the shaft are not lined up, turn the propeller counter clockwise while pushing the drive and it should pop on.

- drive (and shifter) must be in fwd (shifter on drive pointing to 12:00)

once everything is right the drive will slide on easily

google alpha drive installation and you should find instructions, it's not hard, but you can screw it up.

 

[NorCal Boater]

Bill has given you the right advice. Keep moving it in and turning the prop and it will go in. Also look on Youtube as ther are countless videos on installing drives.

 

[Badfish888]

I know its alignment I can feel it go through the bearing an then stop. I know how to spin to line up splines I usually have to. Im just goig to have to borrow Or buy the alignment tool. The real questions are. How does the alignment tool work? Does it force the bearing to line up or will it give me enough leverage to rotate the bearing. Like i said I tried with a wooden dowl and almost broke it

 

[NorCal Boater]

Your alignment should not be so far off that you cannot get the drive shaft in unless you moved your motor and the mounts. The alignment tool lines the motor to the gimbal bearing, not the other way around. If your alignment is off you will need to adjust it by adjusting the front motor mounts. Here is the link to a Youtube video on the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-g6fFYtDLw There are several others there as well.

If you have not moved your engine and/or the mounts you have another problem. You might check a local Mercruiser shop to see if they would rent you the alignment tool. Here is a link to a tool available on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sierra-Engi...ash=item1ea320a08a:g:maIAAOSw3ydV19Sf&vxp=mtr However, unless you just want to do this yourself you may just take the boat to a shop and pay them to align it. It shouldn't take much more than a hour or so. Out here on the Left Coast shop rates are about $100/hour.

Let us know what you end up doing.

Shawn

 

[Jetmart]

You should have checked the alignment with an alignment tool before you pulled the bearing. This way you know the engine is aligned with the old bearing. After installing the new bearing you may need the tool to adjust the "eye socket swivel" of the bearing to line up. Once you know that the bearing is lined up with the motor it is just a matter of turning the prop slightly to make the splines on the drive line up with the engine coupler.

 

[SCORPIO]

The alignment tool is about an inch plus thick solid steel bar. Sounds like the gimbal isnt liked up with the coupler, the alignment bar will let you wiggle it around and when it slides in the coupler, you will have it aligned. There are lots of vids on this. If you will be keeping this boat, I'd buy a tool for future use.