If it helps,

I just had a drive rebuilt with a bent prop shaft and they used an almost
newly built lower end... all said and done though it was about $1300 CDN ...
just an idea but expect approximately $700-$1500 to do so... you might want
to look at a rebuilt one and return yours as a core... There are lots of
options like that out there.

Mike


"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
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Got a mercruiser alpha gen II outdrive that the bearing going into the
outdrive (not the hub) gets hot, also has faint scraping noise. Anyone
know the average cost of repair? I'm going to remove the outdrive and
carry into the service center.

Also, the cost to weld the typical hole that bleeds air in to the water
intake on Mercruiser outdrives above 35 MPH causing overheat and a new
skeg (previous owner ground it off )

Thanks, I'm just using any prices posted here as a reference.