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I have a 21 ft crownline deckboat, about 4000-4500 lbs wet weight. Our lake has a 200 hp limit on inboards so I purchased the merc 4.3L instead of the 4.3LX or 5.7. The boat had an aluminum 19 pitch prop that seemed to work ok. I had a mechanic tune the engine and carbs for performance, he told...
After doing some research online I decided to rent a bearing puller and an alignment bar and replace my gimbal bearing on my 94 Crownline 4.3L alpha one gen II. The bearing had been making noise for months so I knew it was time. The outdrive came off easily albeit being much heavier than...
