Volvo Bellows

[Scaaty]

Ebay has Volvo Penta 270-280-290 bellows. One has genuine NOS (how long have they been laying around?), and another has NEW aftermarket. Anyone have any experience or feedback here. I would thing that any aftermarket would not produce junk, with a lawsuit of sunk boats too great, and the new old stock, although genuine, sitting around deterioating not such a deal either. Stuff like this is keeping me awake at night! If I had a mind, I would lose it

 

[Scaaty]

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Also curious if any sealent used on Volvo's, or not. Any opinions.

 

[pine island fred]

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Aircraft seals and o rings are all sealed and have a shelf life, sometimes very short. They deterioate in the bag. Considering the hassel of installing the bellos i would recommend the new aftermarket ( how new ?) or even genuine volvo parts. Books do not call out for any sealer and have had good results on a 290DP with just the correct clamps. Also have just convinced friend to leave the drive down when not in use to avoid the bellos taking up a set in the streatched position. regards fred

 

[Scaaty]

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Thanks Fred. My concern is that although I always leave the drive down and stright, only in the water 3 months a year, zero problems, covered in white grease, out of the sun in storage, feels very flexible (like new), its going into its 8th year. Hate to fix something that aint broke.

 

[Scaaty]

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Originally posted by Robby6950:<br /> Thanks Fred. My concern is that although I always leave the drive down and straight, only in the water 3 months a year, zero problems, covered in white grease, out of the sun in storage, feels very flexible (like new), its going into its 8th year. Hate to fix something that aint broke.

 

[f_inscreenname]

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Don't write off eBay so soon. Unless you are buying from a individual most of the major sellers are just fronts for places like U/S Boat and West Marine. If they are doing a lot of sales or multiple listing on the same subject (ie; bellows for Merc, Volvo etc) you can bet it is off the same shelf that the store up the street got it from.

 

[Scaaty]

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Just got back from looking at a bunch of questions I asked, and the one aftermarket is China (an ebay marine part dealer) and the another (ebay dealer) quoted me a great price, Sierra part#,(with a link to the PDF page) and made Taiwan. I would imagine the Taiwan place makes them for Volvo, with the outsourcing nowadays. Also 1/2 price of the others on ebay. Got my manifolds and risers off him too. GREAT ebay person

 

[f_inscreenname]

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See they are not all bad. I bought my boat off of eBay. You just have to be careful. Glad it worked out for you. Now I have to go open the latest arrival from a eBay auction.