Mercruiser alpha bellows installation

Forget the damn adhesive you should be fine. Pull drive after a few hours running to make sure u joints are not wet-do this regardless of whether you use adhesive or not. NHGuy Captain. Joined May 21, Messages 3, The bellows adhesive is prominently required in all the documentation from both Seloc and Mercruiser. The 2nd time you install that bell housing it gets easier. And the 3rd time it gets simple. Just pay attention to where to place the clamps. And follow Mercruiser's sequence of events.

It's not work. It's preseason preparation! Joined May 22, Messages Bamaman1 Lieutenant Commander. Joined May 15, Messages 1, The penalty for not properly sealing your bellows is that water gets in your universal joints and you end up with rust.

When bellows leak, water can drip drip drips into your transom. Eventually, your boat sinks. I left a boat with a Mercruiser in the water for a two years at a marina. A leaky bellows filled my transom and my boat sank. We pulled a tarp under the boat, tied it above the waterline, and pumped out the water.

And if we join forces, we will be making bigger progress and deliver something to society. How to apply? How to get funding? Read more. Submit your Action proposal. Click here. What do we fund? About How to apply? Procurement Extranet. Propelling young researchers towards leadership positions.

Exploring how to improve the science-policy interface. Members Current visitors. Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search….

New posts. Search forums. Log in. Install the app. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Take some oil or light grease and coat the inside of where the bearing seats and the outside perimeter of the bearing. Install your new driver rod onto the bearing driver tool and line the bearing in the housing.

When the bearing is fully seated, it will make a different hammering noise. The bearing MUST go in straight. Take some sand paper and smoothen any burrs that it made. Regrease and try again. Once it's cocked, you MUST pull it out or aluminum will build up behind the race. Now comes the hard part!

Feel the housings where the u-joint bellows are going to seat. Do you feel the groove? That groove must be clean and that groove will determine how far the bellows go on. When installing the bellows We need to first install the water hose. This is where most people give-up. The water hose is VERY difficult to get in place! Measure the hose to 13" and cut off any extra.

Make sure you purchased the correct diameter hose! Put the clamp loosely on one end of the hose Now, push and twist the hose onto the transom tube. This will SEEM impossible. Be patient and keep trying. It is VERY important to get that hose all the way on! Now that you have killed yourself and you HATE your boat The clamp must be properly positioned to face down. If you completed correctly the last procedure then you should quit your lucrative desk job and become a Mercruiser Mechanic!

So, here you are with bruised knuckles and an attitude to kill. Put your tools away for the night and get a fresh start in the morning. Good morning! Now it's time to glue your u-joint bellows in place. Do NOT install the bellows without bellows adhesive! It's important to note how the clamps will be positioned The bellows will first be installed on the bellhousing. The clamp will face down opposite the side with the water hose. When we install the bellhousing to the gimbal housing transom we will have to have the clamp positioned with the screw facing down on the stb.

This means the obvious! Coat the "rear" end of the bellows inside with bellows adhesive and before the glue dries, push the bellows onto the bellhousing. It should almost "snap" in place when the grooves line up. Now, position the clamp and gently snug up to tighten. The next step will be to coat the other end with bellows adhesive and place the clamp loosely on the bellows. Make sure the clamp is positioned with the screw facing down on the right!

Push the entire bellhousing assembly up and into place while feeding the the shift cable back through its bellows. You will have to be feeling inside the hole to assist the bellows into place.