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Chief Petty Officer" & 2021 Splash of the Year Win
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The alignment was fantastic.
Looking back through the pictures, I think I found the problem. Look at the bottom of the bellows. It is no longer seated on the lip. Judging by that and a crease in that area on the rubber, I highly suspect that the lip pulled away there when the unit was fully raised.
I normally store the boat with the unit lowered, and then raise it fully for transport. I suppose the bellows got old and set in its ways and could no longer bear the strain.
Also, I used Aviation Permatex as bellows adhesive last time. I read somewhere that it works, so that's what I did. Well, I don't think it was a strong enough bond, now. I used Mercury Quicksilver bellows adhesive this time.
The Clymer manual says to use grease on the outer part where the drive mates up, but I went with adhesive on both surfaces there, as well. I used the Aviation Permatex there last time, and it doesn't look like it did anything to grip the rubber, so I went with the Mercury stuff there.
I've got it all back together, now.
I think I spend more time hunting tools and putting them away than I spend on actual repairs. Haha.
I still need to put it on muffs and start it, for good measure. Ran out of daylight last night.
