Gimble #6
 

It seems i have broken the gimble on my #6 drive. Not sure how i did that. This is an older 6 built around 2000 what is the cost of the part approximately and how much labor is involved. Oh Boy. I thgt i made it through the season with a little skin left. this is a 36 foot skater with 900's built in 2000.

Thanks

If it is the gimble ring, the dealer cost from Mercury is about $2300, retail is over $3G's. The hard part is getting the old one off if it's that old or been run in salt a bunch. Some people choose to get a whole transom assembly (Cobra has them) and send them back yours for them to rebuild for a credit. Call Randy @ Cobra and see what he has...

I have a pair of plug ins for sale.....7k each but you most likely need driveline

Assuming I removed the drive and placed the broken gimbal on a bench. How many labor hours should I pay to convert one to the other? I assume I need a qualified mercury tech to do that part?

I honestly do not know the answer to that......sorry.

where do you find the serial number off the Drives.

Is there stamps in the drives or tags in the drives. How do i know exactly what i have?

Where do you live?

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What is the best and the least expensive way to repair this?

Changing the Gimbal ring? Has anyone dont this?

If the pins at the pivot points come out without having to use heat( then you are repainting things ), it is about a 3-4 hour job if you have some skills. I have broken 2 over time and one came apart another I sent off to have the whole tramson assembly rebuilt and repainted because the pins would not come out and a little heat was required to remove them.

What did it cost you to have it done after you sent it out. The parts and the rebuild? Not the R & R

The gimbal was like $2500, the place that did it no longer services # 6 stuff. I think to have the transon assembly rebuilt and repainted including new gimbal ring was something like $4500. Colabella, TNT, Cobra, Guy in Havasu,( call Teague ) for Havasu #.

Thx apprecialte the info, has anyone else had one replaced and at what cost?

The guy in Havasu is Vern; he did a great job for me at a very reasonable price. http://westcoastdrives.com/