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Originally Posted by Dave R
I'll be doing the U-joint and shifter bellows on mine next Spring. Looks like a pretty big project that could have been made easier if Mercruiser had used a little more foresight. When you take the drive off ( a ten minute job on a Bravo 3), the U-joint bellows are "right there" in front of you, but according to the service manual, there's still lots of work to do to; bellows replacement calls for "major disassembly". I also plan to tackle the steering play mine has, at the same time, before it gets bad.
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For $180-$225, it is worth it to have a mechanic do it. I imagine a shade-tree DIYer will take 10x that amount of time to do it...