Turned the cable barrel in 3 rotations and she drops immediately into forward just in case anyone has the same scenario. Not sure whether the shift cable was OEM since the PO had it installed however you would think that barrel being mid way or somewhere close would be the answer however now it...
I have a 2004 Glastron GS249 and I just got her into the water recently. Prior to that I had the drive off for the bellows and gimbal bearing replacement. I did that before I sea trialed because the bearing was severely toasted. I took a picture of where the threads and adjustment barrel were...
Hello all, I purchased a 2004 GS-249 and have been getting her in top shape since September. I actually own an 1966 Anna Capri as well but it is as plain as it can be... but a great boat. The issue I have is that I can't find more than marketing fluff when it comes to any documentation...
I look up to you I hope I do as well. I'm 55 and 2 torn discs and 1 herniated one later I am feeling the burn today. Glad you coached me on this one and I thank you for sharing you knowledge.
I used an extremely long flat head screw driver to reach in an clean the splines on the coupler and then using grease on the alignment tool... inserting over and over wiping the crud off of the grease... I cleaned it well and inserted the drive with hardly any effort at all. I never shifted the...
Yes I remembered your post and counted and there was one extra fold and I made sure that was facing down. Thanks again and I plan on pulling the drive straight after the first trial so will definitely see whether it was sufficient or not.
Just having a heck of a time trying to get the drive...
BTW my design that plugged the pivot housing side failed it's harder to design than expected. I basically cleaned the area of the gimble housing all the way back to the grease tube immaculate ground down the ridge in the bellows that would normally fit into the grove on the gimbal housing and...
Yes that bellows had to have been filled with water and I have no idea why the heck they had no sacrificial anodes on the drive that probably didn't help the abuse they put this housing through. My 66 Ana Capri Mercruiser housing is in better shape... but luckily everything but that gimbal...
Thank you Lou, my gimbal housing flange is missing a significant amount of metal that the PO did not maintain properly as you mentioned as a common area not maintained. So I have already bought a new bellows, ground down the ridge you show in Pic 1, and designed and printed pressure test plugs...
No... I designed a plug for the gimbal bearing and a cap for the other end of the bellows with a fill hole in the side so the bellows is connected as it would be to the Gimbal housing and the "chamber" within the bellows is filled with just fresh water to test the seal to the housing and allow...
I want to do it the "right" way but considering I bought the boat from an owner that was ill and needed funds stuck in another state... I never water tested her and I really wanted to just get her in the water and test her out to get an idea of all repairs needed. Compression is good and...
