Cracked my out drive need help on a replacement

Ogbign

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Just google Search "Sterndrive Engineering".
Like I had said you can talk with their tech specialists and then go forward looking for a good used unit or get a new drive unit. Lots of options once you know what to
A brand new SEI complete unit (lower and upper) looks to be about $1,650.
I looked at them a little everything included install kits even new shift cable gear oil everything I would need, about 1900$ really less than I expected. I tried searching by my model numbers and it wouldn’t pull them up. I was hoping to just buy the same drive I have now. I know I had it around 4k rpm’s on water so it shroud work out. The used one seems way different ratio I don’t think it will be good. Our town was hit wit tornadoes last night and wiped out most of everything so it my be a month or two but I would like to buy a new unit, a little scared about the ratios. I don’t believe people on the phone are there to help but there to make a sell. So I’d like all the info I can get first
 

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I looked at them a little everything included install kits even new shift cable gear oil everything I would need, about 1900$ really less than I expected. I tried searching by my model numbers and it wouldn’t pull them up. I was hoping to just buy the same drive I have now. I know I had it around 4k rpm’s on water so it shroud work out. The used one seems way different ratio I don’t think it will be good.
Ayuh,..... You need a Alpha 1, not a Gen.II, in 1.65:1,......

Then prop it so the motor pulls 4800 rpms, at Wot, lightly loaded, trimmed out, 'n Flyin',.....
 

Ogbign

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thought I would post an update if anyone cares… I did swap out my drive with a used drive from a 3.0 I installed new impeller an swapped my gears from my cracked drive 1.47 in the new/used drive and has been working good I do have a small rattle in the drive or maybe my gimbal..? Not sure but with only a couple people in the boat it does do well, the boat is worth keeping an we love it. So I’m probably gonna buy a new sei outdrive with the 1.65 gears.. the 1.47 I could only get up to about 3500 rpm really not sure how fast we wer moving but it wasn’t slow.. anything else I should know before dropping 2k $ on this 400$ boat ?
 

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It would be helpful to have the same trim cylinders, you have 1 alpha and 1 alpha gen ii trim cylinder and a Frakenstein aft bolt .Look at the rubber bushings that should NOT be like that
 

Ogbign

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It would be helpful to have the same trim cylinders, you have 1 alpha and 1 alpha gen ii trim cylinder and a Frakenstein aft bolt .Look at the rubber bushings that should NOT be like that
I have replaced the gen two arm, and new shafts and bushings as one of the shafts was also from them gen two
 
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