Hello all, This is my first year of boating and had a blast until 2 weeks ago. I have a 1985 Bayliner with a 4 cyl motor and a 270 lower unit. The gimbal bearing at the U-joints broke apart and the u-joints are locked up. I purchased a Seloc manual to decide if I wanted to attack this on my own and felt it might be best to take it to the dealer. 2 weeks later they finally opened it up to find the problems with the bearing and u-joints. Also the rubber boot that should keep water from coming in was cracked. (now I know why I was getting water in the engine compartment). Further more the metal housing that protect and conects the motor to the drive shaft needs to be replaced the U-joints were knocking around it. The dealer has made this sound grim to repair and time consuming. he is talking about pulling the motor to be able to replace the housing from the motor to the back of the boat and to put new gimbal bearings in. I can not tell from the manual if this needs to be done or if all this is necessary. It look to me there are 4 bolts the hols the housing to replace it. He also said finding the housing may be difficult and expensive. I need help with questions to ask. Any ideas would be grateful. The dealer is a Bayliner dealer and a reputable company in the community, however I want to be sure. Thanks MJH
