Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

[brianteel]

My friend bought a bought and the bellow on the shift cable was bad so we decided to replace all 3. The problem we are having is that we can not get the exhaust and big bellow to stay on. Does anyone know of a video or manual online that i could use to reinstall the bellows.

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

do you have the manual

 

[brianteel]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

i believe he does not

 

[Bt Doctur]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

http://www.boatfix.com/merc/Servmanl/14/14cover.pdf

 

[72seastar]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

not sure how much difference there is in the gen 1 and gen 2 but i did this on the saturday before 4th of july on a gen 1 and man did it take forever i probably spent 4-5 hours locked in constant battle with those hoses.... finally 2 long extensions 1 short and 1 universal drive later i got the top (big one) on... on the gen 1 you cant raise it up to get it to tighten on i found out you have to get the socket up in there with it in the down position its very tricky but can be done.... its the same way with the exhaust one better to do with it in the down position.... of course this is on gen 1 i don't know if gen 2 is completely different or not....

 

[Don S]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

Here is the complete manual in a single download

http://www.4shared.com/document/dPQUcyn_/Service_Manual_14.html

Did you have the ujoint bellows in the groove and the metal sleeve in place?

 

[brianteel]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

we had it glued in and tight pulled on it to attached the water which we forgot and all pulled off.

 

[kneedragger]

Re: Replacing 3 bellows in merc alpha 1 gen 2 drive not going well

I too, intend to do this soon. Any advice, or a video would be worth a thousand words. And Don S, I do have the manuals intend to read them cover to cover. I did this a LOOONg time ago with an oder Generation 1, when I was in high school and helped my father do it. I am 45 now. I remember a few cuss words from that time.

Any Special advice??? Do I need to get the special scissor tong type expanding tool?