Bellow condition??

[Wave34]

My boat is used in fresh water 99.9% of the time and is stored on the trailer when not boating with the outdrive lowered to make the below straight.

I want to know if the condition of the bellow is bad or normal.
Rubber seems dry a bit and I can see a shallow crack.

The new Volvo bellow are hard plastic compared to this one that is all rubber.
Are they better?
I never changed it since I bought the boat 8 years ago.

 

[flashback]

if it were me i would change it...

 

[Lou C]

Definitely change it, the cracks mean the rubber is getting oxidized and dried out and isn’t far from failure

 

[Scott Danforth]

Change them

 

[airshot]

If your questioning it....it needs to be changed...sooner rather than later !

 

[Wave34]

OK thanks guys.
I will change it.

 

[bruceb58]

I changed my Volvo bellows every 6 years on DonS's recommendation from many years ago before he passed.