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Wide Application:
Fits for Mercruiser Alpha
Fits for Alpha 1
Fits for MR
Fits for Bravo
Fits for OMC
Fits for Cobra
Fits for Volvo
Powerful Functions:
Specially designed to properly align drive shaft receiver and easily install gimbal bearing and seal, avoiding damage and leakage.
Makes checking the alignment and reinstalling the gimbal bearing a quick & painless job, saving your time and energy. Also works well to install the aluminum ring on the joint bellows.
Warm Tips: When trying to realign the engine on reinstallation, make sure the rear engine mounts are tightened down before attempting to align the engine by adjusting the front mounts.
Premium Material:
Made of top quality steel with black coating
High strength and heavy duty
Prevent from rust and corrosion
Ensures long term reliable service
Package Includes:
1 x Bearing Install Adapter
2 x Gimbal Bearing Alignment Tools
(Separated design, convenient to carry and store.)
Easy & Convenient to Use:
Step 1. Install drive shaft seal and gimbal bearing with included bearing install adapter;
Step 2. Align drive shaft receiver to gimbal bearing, then the tool is pushed all the way in;
Step 3. Work with a hammer mace the gimbal bearing again to ensure it attach the bottom.
Teresa
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
He recibido lo que he comprado , la entrega fue perfecta y en tiempo.. buena calidad.
Coyote
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
The tool is too small for the gimbal bearing, it fits very loosely. This makes it worthless for accurately aligning the engine. Not sure if this one is just machined wrong as it appears other have to remove material to make it fit… but I am not going to waste anymore time and return it and get a quality one. Application: Mercruiser alpha one gen one.
Matt
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2024
Easy to use heavy duty tool don't drop it in your feet!!😁
Arthur Moniz
Reviewed in Canada on March 14, 2023
It does the job
Xrd
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
Solid tool very heavy I trust it to do the job I gave 4 stars because box was cut open all the bags inside were open and there are a few marks on it it apears to be used and I didn't see anything saying it would be a used tool I exspected a new tool
Dwain V
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2023
The alignment feature of this tool works great. I believe many of the people commenting about the size of the tool not fitting are just dealing with problems caused by the gimbal bearing being misaligned. When you install the gimbal bearing it is designed to be able to adjust the angle within the pressed in outer race. The bearing itself actually pivots in that race. You will likely need to hit the end of the tool with a hammer either up or down or side to side to accomplish this adjustment. I had the advantage of having my housing and motor out of the boat which allowed me to test the fit in the bearing and the motor independently. The tool fits perfectly but it is tight fit so if there is any misalignment it will not fit. Keep in mind this is the purpose of this tool.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2023
Ordered and received this the same day, I used this on my 2000 Crownline 4.3 with a Volvo Penta SX out drive, I have pulled my out drive in the past and it went right back in, just replaced my gimble bearing and thought I would get lucky and not need this tool, NOPE! Outdrive would not go back in, not even close so I ordered the alignment tool.I fought this thing for two days, thought wife was going to divorce me in the process, even removed newly installed gimble bearing (you need that tool also) to make sure alignment tool would actually go into coupler, could not for the life of me get the alignment tool all the way into the coupler, tried adjusting motor mounts, even got out my Bosch laser to help see which way the coupler may be moving when adjusting the motor mounts, I also was putting white lithium grease on the end of alignment tool so I could see where it contacted coupler to make the proper adjustments, I ended up having to go way up on one motor mount and down on the other one.I did watch a YouTube video on gimbal bearings and the inner portion of the bearing can rotate slightly, so if you put alignment tool in just far enough but not all the way to the coupler you can slightly rotate gimbal bearing on its axis and lo and behold I got the alignment tool to line up with the coupler, I have read many horror stories on line about about folks fighting this issue or taking drastic measures to force the outdrive into the coupler, you don’t want to do that, you have to have this tool, it’s worth it. After I got it aligned the outdrive went right in, I was so relieved! One other thing, check the fit of your new gimble bearing on your shaft if you are installing one, check the fit of your alignment tool before you put bearing in, save your old gimble bearing during the process if you need it to reference something.
Donavin
Reviewed in Canada on September 28, 2022
Great tool , a little to close tolerance when aligning as it gets stuck in the gimbal bearing
Barry
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2022
A solid steel tool that easily indicates proper alignment. My front motor mount base had sunk down enough that I had to raise front motor mount up so tool could be fully inserted. Otherwise the engine coupler would have failed trying to make up for the misalignment, leaving me stranded on the water.
Mark Johnson
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022
Just like anything else you need specialty tools to work on these types of engines and out drives. If you do your own work and you need to change your gimbal bearing and align your shaft this is the tool that you need. For the money it’s worth buying instead of making your own. It made the alignment much easier and possible.
Patrick M
Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2021
Very heavy and heavy duty. Will use in in a few weeks!
B. Graham
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021
Updated: So I was a noob and until you've done this once, it's tricky and I was afraid to damage something. Pressing it in, I could not get it to fit.. after lots of reading... i read that putting it in followed by a firm hammer hit up/down/side/side (which shifts the gimble in it's seat just a bit) it slipped in enough for me to do the final adjustments.>>>> original comment: "Same as others will not fit into splines or engine coupler on volvo penta OMC sx-m outdrive..."
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2021
Gimbal bearing did not slide on the shaft for alignment, the shaft is too large of a diameter, was off by a tiny fraction of an inch. If the tool was the correct size id give it 5 stars, the price was unbeatable when I was comparing.
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