THANK YOU for making this video! it saved my bacon as I thought i had to remove the entire assembly. Quick release button is the key to this KEY issue. Good Job! Keep up the Good Works!

cannot get the sleeve to seat even with a sleeve tool for the driveshaft bellows

THANK YOU THIS HAPPENED ON my 2004 Highlander. 🙏🙏😭

What kit did you use?

if you have a gen 2 alpha, take your time removing the bell housing. that lube monitor fitting on the transom assembly side is delicate plastic. it's not a very expensive part but it can be very difficult to change depending on your access to the c clip inside the boat. it looked easy here but it's not. those fittings used to be made of brass.. great work by the way on a serious pain in the neck job!

In like Flynn 😂 Old 1930s saying about Errol Flynn and very young women, very very young women.

Impressive work. I know subscribe. :) Not looking forward to doing this.. gear shift bellows split itself.

my shifter cable Bellows is detached at the outboard end from the end fitting. until i can get it all replaced, can I just zip tie around the bellows to restrict the water flow into the engine bay? other than having to keep running the bilge pump, is there any risk of damage to the shifter cable or other engine parts until I do a replacement of the Bellows?

to just replace the shifter cable bellows, do you still have to remove the whole outdrive housing?

That’s some really parasite water

Thank you for awesome video! After watching it, I'm ready to do mine. Can you tell what the line is that you clamped onto the water line with the plastic clips @ 24:27?

That’s some dirty ass water my man. Alabama rivers are so much cleaner. Where is this at?

thanks!!

Seen the hull flex on slo-mo lol sent err

Hmm. I can’t get the metal ring on for the drive bellow. Any tricks for that?

One of the best instructional videos I've seen on KZfaq. Thank you.

You are supposed to do this every 300 hours along with changing the gimbal bearing according to MerCruiser, doing twins tomorrow,

You did a good job, however, I have to complain on your zip tie cutting skills lol

Great Video sir! Ive had my 04 bayliner 175 for 8 years no trouble and lost the impeller last weekend and overheated like crazy. I guess I'll do all this even though its not required.

This video helped me out alot. But I can’t seem to get the exhaust bellow to stay on. Every time I tighten the clamp it wants to slip off the housing even with glue. It was about 95 degrees out today so I though maybe it was to hot for the glue to set quickly. Going to let it sit overnight before I tighten in hose clamp this time. Wish me luck🤦🏻‍♂️

None of my bellows were cracked or leaking but I decided to change them all out to see if I could reveal the source of water in my gear lube. And the subsequent pressurization in the overflow bottle which lead to dumping into the bilge. So I replaced all the orings in the hoses and the bottle which solved the leak but not the water intrusion. So after taking the drive apart I noticed it was missing the seal on the shaft that turns the impeller, changed all the available orings/impeller/carrier seal. Got the bellows off it was full of gear lube. Got everything put back together but buggered the seal so I’m waiting on the tool and seal. I would recommend anyone doing this to not put bellow adhesive on the bell housing side of the drive shaft bellow. It’s a tight fit with the seal and it’s not tough like a stainless bearing race.

out of curiosity, how much would a shop charge to do this? Ball park figure

Nice video. Thanks for the info. Just a piece of friendly advice; you may find it easier to use a pair of dikes (Diagonal Cutters / Cagney & Lacey / Betty & Wilma) for removing the cotter pins. Old Air Force trick I learned decades ago and never use needle nose pliers anymore. Also, you can find flush cutters at the O, O, O, O'Reilly's for them zip tie tails. All the best.

Do how do you do it?

I’m looking at replacing mine after the season is over, I’m nervous I’m going to screw up the shifter cable some how in the engine bay! For now my bellow is super glued because I discovered a tear in it…. Ran fine today on the lake!

I was hoping there was a way to tighten it. I was about to order a new box.

All that work and the customer had you put that beat up old prop back on! Great detail on the video. Hope I never have to do this or have it done.

I'm cringing watching this video! I don't even know where to begin as far what all you did wrong...not being critical, just facts!

Good video but mine is a 1969 mercruiser and I'm In a bit of trouble as one of the Hydraulic blocks for the rams is leaking. Terribly and I cannot get to it, nor do I know if that block is even replaceable

Best detailed video I have reviewed. You are inspiring confidence. I can do this and save money. 😊

I ended up drilling holes through the aluminium to get to the hose clamps. I would like to see a video of how they put these together in the factory, Watch out for all the China shit bellows they sell on line they are only good for about 3 years. The oem ones last over 15 years.

Thanks for the video. Very helpfull

How did you tighten the ujoint bellow clamp on the bell housing side

Thank you, happened on a Sunday when I needed to go pick my family from church. Fixed it and had the part replaced

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Just did this on my 01 Tahoe, she went from having a lot of steering play, while still to having very little, but the drive was smooth! Definitely will be hitting the freeway this morning with a little bit of speed. Thanks again! Also it’s good to inform, only tighten if you don’t have any fluids coming out of gear box, mines oem but it’s still good, definitely gotta save for a new one in the next year. Also before I did this adjustment, I had change the whole front suspension trying to find out why I had so much play, so make sure you check ball joints, control arms, axels too.

My oil dipstick shaft broke off. Is it okay to run the boat without it?

Cap fell off that rod. Didn't find a new one, so I just linked the other parallel rod with a hair tie, and now it works like a charm, lol.

Thanks for a informative video! Very helpful!

I got a 95 wave venture with a leak.. one day almost didn't make it back to the dock😂

There is no way to reach that oil fitting. So should I just replace the shift cable Bellow? And maybe the exhaust Bellow.

Excellent video But what if I cannot get to my oil fitting inside the boat to pull the clamps? I have a two thousand and 3 four Winns freedom 180 And my engine is in a tight little hole. Should I still remove the bellhousing?

5/16 hose clamps

CLICK BAIT TRASH

UFA has pumps with it so you can fill in bulk for cheaper and with no waste. Take in an old drum and fill it up and you're set for a while... just don't let it freeze!

Just throw them into the landscape.

Their empty what? I think you mean 'they're empty'... They are empty. It's really not that hard.

"their empty"

The best use is to stop buying it.

No? I used to go through about 50 DEF jugs a year. DEF is extremely messy and hard to clean out of the accordion tube. And you don't address the actual jug. Just the spout that MIGHT fit on your oil jug when it didn't even fit on the DEF jug half the time. No. Just buy a 99¢ funnel and dispose of the jug and spout.