Gimbal bearing for 1985 Alpha I
 

I pulled the gimbal bearing out of my Alpha I drive and now I'm trying to find a replacment. I don't really want to get one from WestMarine for $50. The bearing that I pulled out is a Link-Belt brand part# 207-E3. I've called all of the bearing shops in my town and nobody can find a replacment bearing. What is another brand of bearing that I should use? Anyone have a part#? Thanks.

I used a west marine and it works fine

$50 is about as good as you are gonna get on price. Boatfix is 40 something and then shipping it will be $50 anyway.

I paided $50 for mine.. :D

A customer of mine is Motion Industries,,, or Berry Bearing,,,, same compnay,,, they matched the bearing # and were 1/4 of the price for the same bearing. This was on Bravo internal stuff though,,, but worth checking out in your area.

Yea, the internal timkin bearings I always buy from Motion but never found a better deal on the gimbal. Worth a try.

Well I called Link-Belt, the company that makes the gimbal bearings for mercruiser. They said that I will never find a bearing at a bearing parts store under the number that is stamped on the original bearing (207-E3). They said that they make those bearing only for mercruiser. But the guy I talked to did give me another number that he said is their "aftermarket" part number that the bearing stores might be able to get. It was BS226717. I'll let you guys know if I can find the correct gimbal bearing, and what the price is on it.

Re: Gimbal bearing for 1985 Alpha I
 

Aftermarket marinepart.com has complete link belt. $35 also Aftermarket $25
or the bearing insert, $14.95 1 800 349 2628
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