You may get lucky and it only came loose and no damage to bellow and since after being strected for 3 years job should be easy,might even be able to reconect it without taking drive off.
You say no way bellows can be damaged from drive coming all the way up then why did his do that while triming up? Maybe because bellows not installed right or trim coming up to far.even on some boats trim will come up so far that it will damage swim platform.
Hey do some research on this site about people leaving exhalst bellows off for years,and some people actually perfer it,you will have to pull it off though,i wouldnt suggest it but alot of people sure say its not needed.you could leave it off untill you have to do the whole bellows set again.really type it in and check out the threads.a little louder,but not as loud as captians call exhalst.ok well maybe it was a coincidence, I mean in order for my tri-hull to really sit up I have to lift the bow up otherwise theres so much drag from the front fuel economy goes down the toilet.
I have another month left on my slip lease, you think its ok to run it like this until its home and I can work on it?
I just noticed some water in the bilge when I got back so I was worried about a leak but that might have just been normal splash through the side vents
im a worrier
So - I guess ill look into replacing or re-attaching the exhaust bellows
Im sure ill have to remove the outdrive but hopefully not the lower unit, some of those bolts were pretty rounded
thanks
