On Sep 17, 1:23*pm, Jim wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Sep 17, 11:13 am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:41:01 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports

wrote:
So, here's the question. Assuming that there are broken gears and what
not *(leaking seals, etc.), would it be better for the estate to have
the drive rebuilt or purchase a complete drive and have it installed.
I admit it, I know nothing about outdrives, so I'm at a loss as to
what to do. *The estate administrator does not want to sell it as is.
Anybody?
It sounds like a total rebuild to me - seals, bearings and gears,
probably somewhere north of $3 or 4K. *I'd ask a Mercruiser service
center to quote it both ways, rebuild or replacement. *You may be able
to get a Chinese knockoff for considerably less.

http://www.sterndrive.cc/

http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?...F&WT.mc_id=gb1

Yes, the aftermarket Outdrives are working out very well . *A complete
lower leg new is in many cases half the price of a re-cap.

It sounds to me like the lower end is about to shuck. But I'm really
sort of surprised that it has a Bravo instead of an Alpha. I'm not
saying it doesn't, but Mercruiser put Alpha's on 454's as well as the
350's.

A complete aftermarket Alpha is less than $1500.00 new.

Bravo's? *That's different.

Alphas on 7.4 L engines fell apart. They can't take 300 HP and survive.- Hide quoted text -

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It was the torque. They were typically on bigger boats too. 300hp
small block in a runabout with an alpha is fine. But you're right,
merc quit recommending alphas for any big block application.

Sounds like the outdrive is in trouble. Hard to say what the rebuild
cost will be until it's torn down. You might find someone that will
tear it down for a few hundred and then tell you if it's worth
rebuilding or not. To bad, probably started as as simple seal problem
or some fishing line on the prop shaft.