How much play in the gimble is too much?
03-03-2010, 01:24 PM
#12
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The bearing will give off a grinding/growling noise when bad. You'll know it.
When the cost to rebuild nears the cost of a new unit, buy new. Look at all the parts for wear and corrosion to determine what is usable.
I was going to rebuild both of my Alpha units, new bellows, bearing, shift cable. Once apart, the swivel pin was pitted from rust and the gimble ring had a small amount of wear. I could have repaired both of those items myself, but the time involved and the other parts cost made it not worth rebuilding. Mine are on a cruiser that lives in the water, so they had some amount of corrosion that I just couldn't justify rebuiding them. I found 2 new, never installed complete transom assemblies on ebay for $600 each.
Now EVERYTHING is brand new.
When the cost to rebuild nears the cost of a new unit, buy new. Look at all the parts for wear and corrosion to determine what is usable.
I was going to rebuild both of my Alpha units, new bellows, bearing, shift cable. Once apart, the swivel pin was pitted from rust and the gimble ring had a small amount of wear. I could have repaired both of those items myself, but the time involved and the other parts cost made it not worth rebuilding. Mine are on a cruiser that lives in the water, so they had some amount of corrosion that I just couldn't justify rebuiding them. I found 2 new, never installed complete transom assemblies on ebay for $600 each.
Now EVERYTHING is brand new.
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03-05-2010, 12:24 PM
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The bearing will give off a grinding/growling noise when bad. You'll know it.
When the cost to rebuild nears the cost of a new unit, buy new. Look at all the parts for wear and corrosion to determine what is usable.
I was going to rebuild both of my Alpha units, new bellows, bearing, shift cable. Once apart, the swivel pin was pitted from rust and the gimble ring had a small amount of wear. I could have repaired both of those items myself, but the time involved and the other parts cost made it not worth rebuilding. Mine are on a cruiser that lives in the water, so they had some amount of corrosion that I just couldn't justify rebuiding them. I found 2 new, never installed complete transom assemblies on ebay for $600 each.
Now EVERYTHING is brand new.
When the cost to rebuild nears the cost of a new unit, buy new. Look at all the parts for wear and corrosion to determine what is usable.
I was going to rebuild both of my Alpha units, new bellows, bearing, shift cable. Once apart, the swivel pin was pitted from rust and the gimble ring had a small amount of wear. I could have repaired both of those items myself, but the time involved and the other parts cost made it not worth rebuilding. Mine are on a cruiser that lives in the water, so they had some amount of corrosion that I just couldn't justify rebuiding them. I found 2 new, never installed complete transom assemblies on ebay for $600 each.
Now EVERYTHING is brand new.
03-05-2010, 09:44 PM
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Where is a good place to pick up the "kit" to repair this issue? I have about an inch of play in my drive where the drive hinges on the gimbal on one side.
Unsafe and needs to be fixed.
Unsafe and needs to be fixed.
