..well, on another thread I have I asked about an oil seal on the vertical drive shaft. This lead to me pulling the outdrive and replacing the gimbal bearing and u-joints. So far things weren't going that great...they just got worse.
Gimbal bearing came out easy, tried the 3"pvc trick, which didn't work because 3" pvc is too big to set the gimbal bearing deep enough. I have pulled the new one back out, and I have the proper mandrel on order.
The ujoints were another story. I tried pressing them out with the c-clamp and socket method, and rented the autozone press. Both clamps kept slipping off due to the uneven surfaces I was clamping against. The autozone clamp was just too big to get properly aligned. In this process I broke a few teeth on the castle retaining nut. I drilled the retaining nut out to remove it. I have a new retaining nut on order.
I then pulled the driveshaft out and brought it to a local shop this morning that claimed they can press out and press in the new u joint bearings with their press. This is what I came to pick up:
Apparently the worker that told me he can press the old u joints out and new ones in..couldn't. He decided to clamp the worst possible part in a vice to work on it. I guess my question is..now what????
based off the exploded diagram I figured out I need a new ring, o ring, carrier assembly, oil seal, and bearing kit. basically $200 in parts from iboats. does it make sense to go this route? Or just get the whole $500 (give or take) rebuild kit? The gear is fine. I realize I cannot do this work myself because I don't have the rolling resistance meter. I'm thinking if it's a matter of sliding old parts off, new ones on, I can do that, and take it to a marina to have them do the final tightening. Is this correct? Part of me is trying to save some coin, but the other part also wants to be finished with this project, and having a marina do the entire job last minute is the longer option time wise.
So what am I in for? The worst part is, the u-joints probably didn't even need to be replaced. I figured I'd do some preventative maintenance. And save myself the struggle by dropping it off to a shop with a press..much easier than any C-clamp method.....that worked out well. :facepalm:
thanks
Gimbal bearing came out easy, tried the 3"pvc trick, which didn't work because 3" pvc is too big to set the gimbal bearing deep enough. I have pulled the new one back out, and I have the proper mandrel on order.
The ujoints were another story. I tried pressing them out with the c-clamp and socket method, and rented the autozone press. Both clamps kept slipping off due to the uneven surfaces I was clamping against. The autozone clamp was just too big to get properly aligned. In this process I broke a few teeth on the castle retaining nut. I drilled the retaining nut out to remove it. I have a new retaining nut on order.
I then pulled the driveshaft out and brought it to a local shop this morning that claimed they can press out and press in the new u joint bearings with their press. This is what I came to pick up:
Apparently the worker that told me he can press the old u joints out and new ones in..couldn't. He decided to clamp the worst possible part in a vice to work on it. I guess my question is..now what????
based off the exploded diagram I figured out I need a new ring, o ring, carrier assembly, oil seal, and bearing kit. basically $200 in parts from iboats. does it make sense to go this route? Or just get the whole $500 (give or take) rebuild kit? The gear is fine. I realize I cannot do this work myself because I don't have the rolling resistance meter. I'm thinking if it's a matter of sliding old parts off, new ones on, I can do that, and take it to a marina to have them do the final tightening. Is this correct? Part of me is trying to save some coin, but the other part also wants to be finished with this project, and having a marina do the entire job last minute is the longer option time wise.
So what am I in for? The worst part is, the u-joints probably didn't even need to be replaced. I figured I'd do some preventative maintenance. And save myself the struggle by dropping it off to a shop with a press..much easier than any C-clamp method.....that worked out well. :facepalm:
thanks
