Reassembling a Volvo Penta SX-M Outdrive Transom Assembly 

Thanks Chris, This might be the best Volvo Penta Outdrive video I have seen. Very helpful, motivating me to make a start on my outdrive.

Without adulating excellent well explained how Volvo Penta transmission acts and works.

Outstanding video, assembly and camera angle simultaneous.

Boy, outstanding detail on the what and why you did what you did! Really appreciate that!

Thank you Chris, this is a perfect video to prepare for the job!

Very Detailed, good job.

Great Video. I need to do my lower steering busing on mine. Hopefully I can pull that lower pin bracket underneath and then pull the bushing and then press a new one and refit the pin without having to remove the entire unit... Thanks for the excellent video. Now i just need to find a puller that will work with it on the boat.

Thank you for doing this video, very informative, logical, and detailed.

hey man great job. very interesting content to see where i messed up.

Very nice video. It looks like you had to deal with a lot of the same issues I’m dealing with as far as corrosion goes. I didn’t have access to a bead blaster, though I now that I’m finished, I wish I had just paid someone to blast it!

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Just a couple of suggestions...to keep bolts on an outdrive from seizing, you can coat the threads with OMC/Evinrude gasket sealer or Merc Perfect seal (same product) this will seal the threads so corrosion does not cause seizing. I've done this with an outdrive that has been moored in salt water and it really works. The other suggestion is to use a flare wrench like you use on brake lines for the trim ram fittings. Excellent explanation of how to re-do the Volvo SX transom mount!

Thank you for the video.

Thank you for sharing

I have started to use titanium circlips which don’t corrode they are expensive but don’t need link cables etc.

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Thank for this video. What tool did you use to remove the upper stearing swivel shaft ? I can not find any press to remove it.

Hi, congratulations for the video. What code does the anti-corrosion cable that you insert before the trim sensors have? I can't find it, in the drawing it only shows the cap code. Thanks.

hi Chris.When you installed the upper suspension fork bushing you flushed it up to the underside of the gimbal housing @ 7:40 in the video.I think you had to press it further upward so the top of the bushing protrudes above the gimbal housing the thickness of the washer that lies underneath the spindle arm.the o ring sits inside the housing just under the bushing so it doesnt get pinched by the suspension fork and the washer under the spindle arm is centered making the spindle arm install easy.

Thanks for the vid not much in depth help on RU-vid for Volvo outdrives

Hi where i can get that replacement kit exchanged? Great video. And my steering arm is 5 bolts?

Were did you get the volvo penta rebuild kit at.

Great to find some helpful info on the sx drive at last. Any special tools required for the rebuild. My steering has a lot of play requiring some winter attention.

i stumbled on a great find of a video.. the trim sending unit is in board or outboard on the lower unit?

Chris, great video! What size and thread bolt did you use to get the upper gimbal ring fork to come out of the transom bracket where tge steering pivot arm attaches? Thanks

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Freeze your gimbal bearing in the fridge,, apply heat with a heat gun to housing, Gimbal bearing will drop right in

This is a great video!! Thank you for posting, it has helped me tremendously....I have the exact setup and am doing all, except the actual ring. Question--- did you have difficulty getting the top cap off during removal? I've taken the 4 bolts out, and I can't seem to get it to budge. Are there bolts on the backside? All the schematics I've seen indicate it should just come off after the 4 bolts are removed. By top cap...I'm talking about what is seen at 31:36.

great video do you know any videos that cover installing the transom to the hull of the boat

hi very informative video. I have a similar set up and i got a 1/4" pvc line coming in from the outboard and is caped off. it was rubbing on toe the drive shaft and brock off. now i have salt water coming in from it in to the boat . would you know the purpose of this line? i cant find any info on it. thanks

Thanks for the video. Can you replace the trim manifold block without removing the outdrive? Mine is corroded and leaking....

Is there a way to take out the upper direction bushing without removing it from the boat? I'm struggling on it actually.

Im having trouble taking the steering arm apart from the Suspension fork. Did you have to heat it up to losing it up, or press it out ?

Thanks! I have a Volvo DP that's has a leaky coolant pickup in the outdrive. Some people are installing a thru-hull pickup to avoid the hassle. In your opinion, does the water cool the outdrive oil enough that stopping all flow would be harmful? From your video I can't quite see how it all flows before the plastic fitting that feeds the upper hose.

I hate to throw cold water on this, I truly mean it, but man! I’m watching that Volvo Penta assembly and thinking, wow, that stinker is so complicated, and when you had it all apart you could have so easily converted to Mercruiser if you were determined to keep an I/O layout on this boat. I truly wish you well and hope this turns out awesome for you, but for me, I’m pretty sure I’d have closed that transom, hung a bracket on the back and gone and got me a new Suzuki four stroke outboard. Great video series either way though, I’m really enjoying it. Thanks!

hey Chris, Quick question; when you installed the hinge pins what tool did you use. I am currently taking mine apart and was curious if it is just the standard merc oem tool.

Awesome video Chris!! How did you successfully un-seize the rear trim pin?? I’ve heated and tried a pickle fork to no avail...

Did you pull the engine or transmission to get the transom assembly off of the boat?

Hi mr. Bruno what driver is used for the shoulder bolts? Also where did you buy your repair/gasket set from? Thanks

Please could you mention the parts numbers on your projects....example what are the part numbers for the hydraulic hose all 4 of them trim supply hoses

Did you need to use any kind of sealant for the new bellows?

Hey nice video I have one question what kind of tool I need for the screw 30:33?

Good video. Thank you. How much did the rebuild kit cost?

Hi Chris, I have water entering the bilge through the o-ring that sits under the steering arm on the gimbal assembly shaft. I'm having difficulty removing the steering arm from the shaft on the gimbal assembly. My gimbal housing assembly is still attached to the transom as I am trying to do this without removing the engine. Any advice on popping the steering arm off that shaft? Thank you, Steve

What goes in those two holes at 32:05? water is seeping through those two holes and through the steering arm cavity and I am going crazy..Thanks for the very informative video.

the reason your y pipe was a little different than the diagram is becuase you actually have a sx-mHP transom, because your motor must be an 8.1. dealing with that now myself

@28:48 I see you put a second O-Ring there. The second one doesn´t belong there as it is blocking the hole in that piece you mentioned earlier and it is not shown in the Volvo drawing.

Hi Chris, this is odd; i was following you on the t56 rebuild and find you again on the penta outer drive; seems we are walking on parallel trails..

Where did you find the new trim cylinder hoses? I need these exact ones

Hello Chris, super helpful video, by any chance do you have the list of parts you bought for this reassembly. Thanks

Lol so the grease line is just pressed in? I always wondered how it went in. I thought it would screwed in with tapered threads . I have volvo and hate their junk

Nice work! Could you please add the parts list for the whole rebuild?

God it looks good painted. What type of paint was it ?

What year was your lower unit.

So you don't share no link with any of the parts you used?

Would you consider rebuilding my Volvo 280 DP

At 9:08 minutes into you skip a definitely section I want to view.the o rings on replacement lines. Most package come with 4 orings. I have 4 lines x 2 opening. That's 8 orings to avoid leak right? Exactly where o rings missing is where leaks at most complicated area.mechainc is fired

fitting wrench would have been cheaper ...

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