Bravo III disassembly help

[tobyyost]

All. I am in the process of refurbishing my bravo III drives. I have removed my drives. I have removed the bell housing that the drives connect to and all the bellows are removed. I would also like to remove the piece that the bell housing connects to. Not sure what it is called. It is the unit that goes side to side with the steering. This way I can do a real good job stripping everything down and repainting

I am not sure what the steps are to remove this piece. Can anyone give me some guidance or point me to a site with directions on how to remove this last piece?

Thank you all in advance for your help

[GJH442]

Be sure you have significant experience and/or good manuals. The Bravo III drives are very complex. One small error and you will spend $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. That being said there is a wealth if info available. Just search what you want on the web. Here are a few links.

http://www.boatfix.com/merc/mainmenu.pdf

http://www.sterndrives.com/replace_bravo_shiftcable.html

http://www.sterndrive.com/board/show_forum.cfm?ID=42

http://www.mercstuff.com/videos.htm

[passing thru]

Just removed and repaired the gimble ring your asking about on our bravo 3 . Not complex but time consuming, as said by the other member there is a lot of info on the net. to help you..  I had the top hole where where the steering pin (clevis)goes through filled at a welding shop than had the machine shop fit it to the new pin so it would be a little tighter than the assembly when new. This is usually required if it has much wear at all or play in it.  Mine had 290 hrs and required a lot of build up. The other option was a new gimble assembly which was about 800 more than the rebuild cost. Took it out this past weekend and performed perfectly and steered much better at all speeds.  Also replaced all boots and fittings while in there.  Good learning experience and neot that
difficult. We used the technique of cutting out the back of the assembly and covering with a plate to remove the steering pin.