Amazon Bellows kits
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Anyone used some of these cheaper “mercruiser” transom kits from Amazon/eBay? Some are 75.00 and Sierra and mercury are 250.00 plus. I know typically you get what you pay for, just wondering what your experiences are.
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SB (11-10-2020)
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I use them all the time and never had a problem. Likely coming out of the same factory in China nowadays. Granted, none have been on 10 or 12 years either.
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I thought most of Sierra stuff was made in China no?
i used bellows from eBay and rubber seemed nice and sturdy. I only trailer my boat and don’t leave in water overnight. I also planned on changing it regularly seeing outdrives don’t like me to stop touching them lol
i used bellows from eBay and rubber seemed nice and sturdy. I only trailer my boat and don’t leave in water overnight. I also planned on changing it regularly seeing outdrives don’t like me to stop touching them lol
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I thought most of Sierra stuff was made in China no?
i used bellows from eBay and rubber seemed nice and sturdy. I only trailer my boat and don’t leave in water overnight. I also planned on changing it regularly seeing outdrives don’t like me to stop touching them lol
i used bellows from eBay and rubber seemed nice and sturdy. I only trailer my boat and don’t leave in water overnight. I also planned on changing it regularly seeing outdrives don’t like me to stop touching them lol
I trailer too and don’t mind removing drives. I don’t rally want to do it every year.
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I got one of the Amazon kits. Everything was same as the Merc kit except the water hose. It's a little bigger OD for some reason and a real bear to get the tapered hose plug retainers in. A lot of the Merc parts have China country of manufacture.
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I never used the exhaust bellow and can send it to if ya want to put it through a rip and tear test lol