Too high. But the bravo 3 is the most expensive i/o and the least
likely to be available used. I don't know the bravo 3 well enough to
know if the other bravos are a bolt in. They would be much more likely
to be available used. The counter rotating props are really nice but
the cost of the 3 outdrive and the props is not worth it for a runabout
inho.

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:23:34 GMT, zachalyse wrote:

Hey all.
Just had a real bad accident in my 2002 Maxum. Ran over a rock bed and
all but tore the entire (Bravo 3) outdrive off. Towed it to my dealer
and got some god awful news. Estimate to repair: $17,000!! And only
$1000 of it is labor.

I know nothing about I/O systems. Why would this repair be this steep?
The boat alone is only worth $24k. Just seems crazy that this whole
outdrive thing cost nearly 80% of the boats value.

According to http://www.outdriveshop.com/supplies/mainsupplies.html a
new outdrive, less shipping/handling, etc., is about $6,000.

Or http://www.sterndrives.com/precision...ravothree.html

What am I missing here?

Figure the cost of the outdrive, probably some repair to the transom
if you hit really hard, new seals, no telling if there is some engine
damage - perhaps that's why it's high.

Do you have a detailed estimate or is it one of the ball park things?