don, quick ? promise

[weider1717]

when i do the bellow change out this weekend on my 85 MR.

by reading up some will I need some sort of alignment tool? or is that not needed?

 

[ziggy]

Re: don, quick ? promise

sorry, i ain't dons. but when ya remove the drive. ya should do run an alignment bar ontoit. all your doing is checking to see if the alignment is still achieved. if it's not. ya need to do further investigation as to why. it's a clue that something is amiss. changing the drive shaft bellows will not effect alignment. but it is yearly pm. so now is the time to do it while the drive is removed.....

 

[weider1717]

Re: don, quick ? promise

alrighty..um what exactly is the item i need to buy? i'm making a list out and have a ton of things wrote down already but i'll add that so i can make all my online purchases at once.

can the tool be used with any model outdrive? should be a one time buy item i hope

 

[chiefalen]

Re: don, quick ? promise

Ebay has a alignment bar right now.Buy it once you'll have it forever. 50 bucks with shipping i think.

 

[krisnowicki]

Re: don, quick ? promise

I got an alignment bar of ebay its not very got. I have heard the best way to go is to buy the yoke for an outdrive and use that

 

[Don S]

Re: don, quick ? promise

I got an alignment bar of ebay its not very got. I have heard the best way to go is to buy the yoke for an outdrive and use that

That's the worst way to do it.
Get the proper tool and do the job right the first time.
Read the BLUE part of my signature line.

 

[Uraijit]

Re: don, quick ? promise

As has been stated, you can get the tool off Ebay for $50. It'll pay for itself the first time you use it, and it'll last forever.

DON'T use an old splineshaft. It won't even get you in the right ballpark...

 

[chiefalen]

Re: don, quick ? promise

I don't get it. Your gonna need that tool with a merc out drive every time you pull the drive.

You can get a omc one will fit merc but only merc fits merc.

 

[Don S]

Re: don, quick ? promise

The alignment bars are the same for OMC, Mercruiser, and the newer (SX style) Volvo drives

http://www.iboats.com/Engine_Alignm...0878285--**********.817617567--view_id.271231

 

[flargin]

Re: don, quick ? promise

I don't get it. Your gonna need that tool with a merc out drive every time you pull the drive.

If you pull just the drive you need to re-align the engine???

I thought only if you pulled the Engine... <which I need one now that I have pulled my engine...

 

[Don S]

Re: don, quick ? promise

If you pull just the drive you need to re-align the engine???

You need to CHECK it each time you have the drive off. That's the only way to know if you have something go wrong. Like a mount goes bad or comes loose. Checking the alignment is a lot cheaper than pulling the engine and replacing the coupler.

 

[chiefalen]

Re: don, quick ? promise

All i know is once i tried to use a alignment bar on a cobra that was a merc one. Didn't do it.

Old timer told me omc will fit merc but mercs won't fit omc.

And i looked at that link don't say nothing about omc.

One says fits mercs. And one says part # nothing about omc. Or mercs.

But you being you Don, i'll take your word for it.

Ether way got to have a bar if you want to remove and reinstall the drive.