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  1. Horigan

    Water Pump Cycling On/Off Quickly!

    Or the check valve is leaking.
  2. Horigan

    LEAKING IN FROM LOWER TRANSOM PLATE BUT NOT ROTTED

    Pull the drive and look in the exhaust port for signs of old flappers or other debris. The surfaces should look relatively smooth. Then put some water flow with a hose in the exhaust outlet (not so much that it goes up the risers and into the exhaust manifolds) and look for any water coming...
  3. Horigan

    First time pulling an engine questions

    On the O-rings on the splined shaft lube with motor oil. On the larger area around the U-joints that you have marked, apply Triple Guard grease, or Volvo grease. No sealant. The pressure of the six nuts holding the drive on creates the seal on the aft end of the bellows. A mounting gasket is...
  4. Horigan

    Reliable sure lube hubs

    Got it. There's an exit between the inner bearing and the seal, that vents either to the inside of the axle, or in my case with a drop axle, just inboard of the brake bracket. It's possible the OP doesn't have a Sure Lube axle, just the cap. If he/she can keep pumping in more grease and the...
  5. Horigan

    Reliable sure lube hubs

    @richw46 The rubber dust cap with zerk on end of the axle is the EZ-lube system with different internal grease routing. The OP has the Sure Lube axle that utilizes the metal dust cap with exposed zerk, like you pictured.
  6. Horigan

    Extra washers after bellows replacement

    I don't recognize those washers on an SX-M drive removal. Maybe there were on one of the six studs that hold the drive on?
  7. Horigan

    Reliable sure lube hubs

    Not quite. With a Sure Lube axle there is an exit for the grease between the inner bearing and the seal, either going into the hollow axle, or for drop axles, out a hole inboard of the brake backing plate.
  8. Horigan

    Dust Cap Woes

    I would add sealant if you're going to salvage the current caps with dimples.
  9. Horigan

    Changing Impeller on Volvo 5.0GL

    I would plan on removing the intake hose and raising the end and securing it while you work. The pump is below the water level.
  10. Horigan

    Dust Cap Woes

    Bearing Buddies maintain a little pressure in the hub to help keep water out, but they will fall off just as easily as your basic caps do. Put a rubber cover and band clamp on them, as suggested above, or get new hubs.
  11. Horigan

    How to plan a route? is there an app like trip advisor?

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  12. Horigan

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    There was a service bulletin released to remove the flappers. My '95 didn't have them when I got the boat seven years ago.
  13. Horigan

    Reliable sure lube hubs

    Correct. With Sure Lube, the grease comes out inboard of the brake backing plate or goes into the axle. I believe it comes out of a hole inboard of the brake backing plate on dropped axles. At least it does on mine. Some folks on this thread are confusing Sure Lube with EZ Lube. They are...
  14. Horigan

    Help with OMC/Volvo 3868156 joint venture outdrive shift cable please

    As long as the tube sealed at the transom, it's a solid design. I haven't heard of that seal failing. A failed or improperly installed bellows will allow water into the boat. I say it's time to go boating.
  15. Horigan

    Help with OMC/Volvo 3868156 joint venture outdrive shift cable please

    In the engine bay is a tube sealed at the transom that extends up above the water line that the cable and housing run through. Are you still having leakage after the bellows replacement?
  16. Horigan

    Warning lights on dash.

    Many times idiot lights are driven by separate switches and not powered by the gauge sensors.
  17. Horigan

    Can I put a cobra sx prop on a Volvo sx

    Yes. If yours is an SX-M, they are actually the same drives with different labels. I suspect it would fit an SX-A drive also.
  18. Horigan

    1996 Four Winns Sundowner with 5.0 Cobra engine and drive

    Being a '96, a joint venture year, it's basically a Volvo SX-M drive. When my EFI Ford 302 needs replacement, I'll have to investigate the GM route you suggest.
  19. Horigan

    Sure Lube Spindle issues.

    I've always done regular annual maintenance also. I never was able to get the plastic cap with the zerk to keep the water out. I frankly wish I didn't have this spindle, but it's not worth replacing my 6K axle to get rid of it.
  20. Horigan

    Hub/rotor won’t fit properly - thoughts?

    I can't answer your question, but the sealing surface looks terrible, even in the original location. I would be surprised if that will keep water out. However you resolve the brake issue, I would put a speedi-sleeve on there so the seal has a smooth surface to ride on. Was internal corrosion...
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