Where belongs the shift cable bellows ?

[Junkiexp]

I took my outdrive off today.
Removed my exhaust & driveshaft bellows en disconnect my shiftcable from the bell housing.
Then i removed my bell housing and cleaned everything up.
I also removed the red lower shift cable, it seems to be in very good condition, and slides in and out easy.
Now im ready to change all the bellows, exhaust and driveshaft are easy, but whats up with the shif cable bellows ?

Where does it belongs ?
There is a hole in the gimbal housing where the shift cable enters it, but its just a hole and nothing else.
I took a flashlight to shine in it, but i cant see anything.

Climb in my boat and my lower shift cable goes from the bracket into a big hose, i think around 40mm or someting ?
That hose disappears under the inner transom plate.
Its hard to acces there and i cant see anything.
I reached my hand there, and im assuming there is some big nut at the end of the hose where it goes thru the transom.
Can anyone help me how i should remove the old bellows, and install the new one ?
Should i disconnect the hose or something ?

Its a '88 Bayliner Capri 1950 with OMC 3.0 and OMC cobra outdrive.

Thanks in advance for your advice !

Regards,

Marcel (from The Netherlands)

 

[Don S]

Re: Where belongs the shift cable bellows ?

OMC's don't have shift cable bellows, just that hose that should be above the waterline.

 

[Junkiexp]

Re: Where belongs the shift cable bellows ?

OMC's don't have shift cable bellows, just that hose that should be above the waterline.

Thanks for your quick reaction !
That make sense, so there is noting that i have to replace for maintenance on the shift cable ?
And there is no chance it wil leak water into the bilge from that connection ?

 

[cr2k]

Re: Where belongs the shift cable bellows ?

As stated; not as long as the inside end is above the water line.