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    That time of year; is this water in outdrive oil?

    Maybe just aerated. After it sat.
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    That time of year; is this water in outdrive oil?

    Alpha One Gen 2, year about 2020. It’s that time of year let’s play is that water imy gear oil. Not fully mixed but seems like a sheen on top. Cant decide if it is water or contamination from the pan, PG antifreeze left over on the drive etc ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    Not terrible corrosion yet. A little on the trim rams and a bubble on the transom housing. Trying to nip it in the bud before it gets worse.
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    Alpha one paper gasket slppage

    Hey all. Gathering opinions on whether this amount of paper gasket slippage is going to allow water ingress?
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    Yeah I was noticing that...where it installs on the gimbal though (stud?) should carry the connection through tho, no? I don't really want to tear the whole thing apart to get connectivity but not sure what I am left with at this point.
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    It's a 20ft Glastron bow rider and I can assure the anodes do corrode in the fresh water I am in. The rest of the anodes (trim + prop + drive plate) are all fairly pitted after last season. The gimbal anode was the only one that is smooth as the day she was manufactured. Cleaned the snot out...
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    FWIW I can't get a reading on the meter between the screws when screwed in (without the anode) so I don't think they're making contact anywhere :\
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    Nope. No power while moored.
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    Alpha One Gen 2 Gimbal Housing Anode - no wear

    Just replacing my anodes and noticed the old on the gimbal housing has no wear. Grabbed a multimeter and sure enough no connection to ground/other anodes. There doesn't look to be direct anode to outdrive contact because this is the one with the small gasket so I assume the connection comes...
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    runny/liquid grease in bellows?

    My first thought was gear lube and smelled it, does not smell like merc gear lube at all. We did lose a bit of level in the bottle this year BUT I drained and refilled the drive while it was off last fall so once the air worked it’s way out the level dropped. Or at least that’s what I told myself!
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    runny/liquid grease in bellows?

    That would be on the drive side then, which would make it gear oil? I did do the impeller last year and pressure tested, held up just fine unless it gave out this year.
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    runny/liquid grease in bellows?

    Pulled my drive (Alpha One Gen 2) today after being in the water since May. Tiny little bit of what looks like liquified grease in the bottom of the bellows. Definitely green grease but runnier than usual. Doesn't stink link gear oil. U-joints and gimbal seem clean though. Not sure if this is...
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    Can skeg damage cause vibration/noise on plane?

    It’s aluminum. I refuse to run stainless on Georgian Bay as I value my outdrive. Noise/vibration started just after the bump. U-joints, gimbal are only 4 years old.
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    Can skeg damage cause vibration/noise on plane?

    So Georgian Bay got me yet again. We were puttering down a channel quite slowly (~7-9 MPH) not on plane, when we dinged the outdrive (Alpha, Gen2) off a rock. Middle of the channel but the water is down right now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, I inspected from the swim platform and the prop seems OK, no...
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    Merc 4.5, any reason I can't just dump the block and manually fill with pg antifreeze?

    Going into my second winter with a Mercruiser 4.5 250hp. Last winter I winterized more or less "by the book" and drained the block, topped up the block with pg antifreeze by the topside blue plug on left of engine (looking aft), then ran on muffs to introduce antifreeze through the whole system...
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    Found an odd spot along the hull/deck shoebox joint, concerning?

    Found this spot along the hull/deck joint. Is it a leak? Not wet currently. What would remediation look like; remove rub rail and re-seal the area?
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    Top gimbal bearing o-ring on drive shaft sheered off?

    Good idea about greasing the contact points of the gimbal. Definitely greased everything else, o-rings, splines, big o-ring, u-joint middle section, front of drive that goes into bell housing. I also have never seen an o-ring come apart like that. Took me a while to figure out where this...
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    Top gimbal bearing o-ring on drive shaft sheered off?

    I’m a bad boat owner and didn’t check alignment before both install attempts. However, no major issues getting it on or off once I get the splines aligned after a couple attempts. Interesting about OD. It was a legit Mercruiser kit so I assume things were the right size. Both gimbal o-rings...
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    Top gimbal bearing o-ring on drive shaft sheered off?

    This wasn’t the big o-ring. :) second small o-ring on the drive shaft.
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    Top gimbal bearing o-ring on drive shaft sheered off?

    Hey all. I was re-installing my alpha one gen 2, on my second attempt after having the paper gasket pop out. Anyway, I noticed to top most o-ring (closest to drive) had an entire section sheered off all the way around. It was like a thin o-ring was cut off it and just hanging out on the top bit...
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