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| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 16:40:47
Received the bad news that my 2000 31 PC needs a replacement gimble ring, which according to my mechanic is extremely costly from both a material and a repair time perspective. Any feedback, and approx cost would be appreciated. |
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| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 27 2008 : 20:36:08
quote:
Originally posted by D8
spoke with my mechanic yesterday about the gimble ring. obviously he can't tell anything without seeing it. He hasn't seen anything to make him think there is a munufactures defect.
he said 99% of the time the drive has struck something. Pulling the engine depends on the amount of collateral damage. $2800 sounded high to him for not pulling the engine, but again thats without seeing it. Is this a dealer giving the quote? he thought there might be some issues there. If you did strike something it sould be covered under you insurance
sorry i doubt this has been any help.
Roy
thanks for the input, at this point I'm stuck... |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 27 2008 : 10:46:28
spoke with my mechanic yesterday about the gimble ring. obviously he can't tell anything without seeing it. He hasn't seen anything to make him think there is a munufactures defect.
he said 99% of the time the drive has struck something. Pulling the engine depends on the amount of collateral damage. $2800 sounded high to him for not pulling the engine, but again thats without seeing it. Is this a dealer giving the quote? he thought there might be some issues there. If you did strike something it sould be covered under you insurance
sorry i doubt this has been any help.
Roy |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 27 2008 : 07:57:13
did have a problem with something along those lines, did exactly as you plan to in attempt to keep things "off the floor" and out of water... |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 26 2008 : 08:23:39
after a heavy rain or wash down I'll get water in the side compartments of the engine room. the area where the water heater, and batteries sit, more on that side then the holding tank side. probably because of the direction rain usually its my boat. Formula is awhere of this, thats why there is the metal plate over the b-charger. it has caused my power trim motor mounting bracket to rust. ( i've ordered a new one and will place it up on a piece of poly board.)I just wondered if you had had a similar problem
Roy |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 26 2008 : 07:09:34
quote:
Originally posted by D8
sounds like a manufacture defect to me. It's gonna make me double check mine. I'm going to ask my mechanic about it on Sat. for my benefit.
I'll relay what he says to you. He only works on Mercury and mercruiser products. Formula has approached him about handling there warranty work in my area. I wouldn't take my boat back to my dealer for anything.
I'm curious...do your side vents leak water into your engine room like mine does?
Roy W
Nothing that I've noticed |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 20:26:24
sounds like a manufacture defect to me. It's gonna make me double check mine. I'm going to ask my mechanic about it on Sat. for my benefit.
I'll relay what he says to you. He only works on Mercury and mercruiser products. Formula has approached him about handling there warranty work in my area. I wouldn't take my boat back to my dealer for anything.
I'm curious...do your side vents leak water into your engine room like mine does?
Roy W
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| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 24 2008 : 07:36:15
quote:
Originally posted by D8
Hi David- do you pull your drives every year?
Roy
Mechanic does... ring went from nothing noticable to replacement in one season |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 21:55:14
Hi David- do you pull your drives every year?
Roy |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 23 2008 : 07:54:05
never really get a straight answer, I was told that could have been stress placed in shifting at low idle from forward to reverse(although I take great care to prevent this). First one occurred after running for 40 minutes, went to dock, kaput. Second one, was running heavy and came out of shallow canal, trimmed outdrives up, churned up some mud(had no choice), made it through, but had no port side power. |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 18:45:58
David- what caused your coupler problems. mine was a mis-alignment of the starboard engine ,no doubt from the factory. should have been picked up by my dealer.
Roy W
31 PC |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 08:11:31
quote:
Originally posted by D8
Forgot to mention that in 06 I had to replace the starboard engine stern drive/ engine coupler on my 02 31PC.
to get the engine out on the 31 you have to first remove the risers, slid the engine foward, then lift
$950 in labor
$625 in parts
Roy
2002 31 PC
"seacret formula"
replaced both couplers, one was covered under warranty... |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 22 2008 : 08:10:37
quote:
Originally posted by mannmade
BTW,have you checked the condition of "the other one?" Was there a particular cause for this one going bad, and if it is just accumulated hours, how many have you put on the boat?
Hope you are back in the water and running soon.....G
According to my mechanic, Mercruiser design flaw and that the new replacements are much better. Other side(port)seems fine, no movement. Under 600 hours on the boat. |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 21:54:24
Forgot to mention that in 06 I had to replace the starboard engine stern drive/ engine coupler on my 02 31PC.
to get the engine out on the 31 you have to first remove the risers, slid the engine foward, then lift
$950 in labor
$625 in parts
Roy
2002 31 PC
"seacret formula" |
| D8 |
Posted - Apr 21 2008 : 21:43:34
The bravo II drive on my 1990 26PC had a leak that let seawater enter. it was a small drip at the top of the gimbel housing that caused the gimbel bearing to rust. My mechanic said this was not uncommon to the Bravo II. could this have caused the problem with your gimbel housing? I sold the 26pc 5 yrs ago and no longer have the service records to know what work was preformed. The engine was pulled the following year when the oil pan sprung a leak. It was replaced along with the timing belt cover, both had rusted, possibly because of the leak. I'll be in my mechanics shop this weekend (4/26/08) to paint my drives for the season I'll run your problem by him. |
| gardnersf |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 22:29:19
I needed a new transom assembly. Mine came from the disentegration of the retaining ring on the top of the drive inside the bellows.Metal broke off and chewed up both of the bellows mating surfaces. That was a $4000 repair bill and required the removal of the engine. I never did find out why that ring broke. My mechanic stated he had only seen that once. It could have been casued by running the drive in trailer position (which i never did) |
| mannmade |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 21:59:00
BTW,have you checked the condition of "the other one?" Was there a particular cause for this one going bad, and if it is just accumulated hours, how many have you put on the boat?
Hope you are back in the water and running soon.....G |
| mannmade |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 21:58:58
BTW,have you checked the condition of "the other one?" Was there a particular cause for this one going bad, and if it is just accumulated hours, how many have you put on the boat?
Hope you are back in the water and running soon.....G |
| Idocdes |
Posted - Apr 20 2008 : 15:29:39
getting a quote of $2800 if they "don't have to pull the engine"? |
| GSENT |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 17:38:51
parts should include bellows, shift cable, gimble bearing, etc/ all the necessary parts that should be replaced. |
| GSENT |
Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 17:37:59
900.00 in parts, about 1000.00 in labor Engine must come out to remove transom assembly.
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