C_Spray

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If the gimbal was cracked first, no cable would hold up to the violence of the drive trying to depart the boat.

I would assume that Mercury gives Formula very explicit directions on how to install and rig the drives, and that Formula does exactly what Mercury specifies. My feeling is that this ball lies very much squarely in the middle of Mercury's court, not Formula's. Weak gimbals are a well-know fault of the Bravo design.

BUIZILLA

we've had some VERY interesting private feedback from other owners with like concerns.... seems to be a quiet hush-hush trend... might not be quiet any more...

Live Wire II

Very little or no play should be there. When I bought my 292 it didn't have hydraulic steering, after about 100hrs, give or take, I noticed I was getting play, when it got to about 2-4", I had the gimbil repaired and hydraulic steering installed. Go back to your drives and see if you can move them by hand, side to side, if they move, then you have problems. Get them tightened up and steering installed. If you hit a wake the wrong way you could brake a gimbil and have a real problem, maybe even get hurt from the accedent that may happen. Not all fastech's come with hydraulic steering, they should though.

handfulz28

Until you go full hydraulic, you can still have slop in the cable helm. Once that starts to loosen up, the only fix is a new helm. My '91 had slop in the helm but the real kicker was slop in the inner tie bar. It was loose right at the one bolt that holds the bar together.

Live Wire II

I don't know if I didn't say it or not, but I had FULL hydraulic installed. That is the only way to go.