Gimbal leak
04-25-2019 | 11:12 AM
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Gimbal leak
Hey guys, back again. Last time When I lost my hydraulic steering lines, I noticed a gimbal leak. I had all bellows replaced, block plate 5200 and 5200 on entire perimeter of housing. Still leaking, small streamer. Any common weak points, boat sits on lift always, leak probably has long history, always had water in bilge, thought it came the exhaust holes......
04-25-2019 | 12:09 PM
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Get yourself one of those endoscopes you attach to your phone,. They are under 10 bucks on Amazon,. You can get it in lots of places to look for the leakk, the seal on the upper pin is a frequent culprit, .
04-25-2019 | 12:19 PM
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I have seen the rear cover on bravos leak and fill the shift cavity with water and it has come in through the cable hole.....I'll be devils advocate here...is the transom rotted?? If it is you will never get it to seal without fixing that. Hope not!!
04-25-2019 | 12:59 PM
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Gimbal leak
I wish I could add a video. Had the boat in the water, submerged 50% of gimbal housing, No leaks, will try full immersion later today and video again. Top seal could be the player, boat sits on lift all the time.. I guess under way it would not leak either... thanks guys!,,
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