How much play in the gimble is too much?
03-03-2010 | 01:24 PM
#12
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From: L
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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From: Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
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.
