I love my Bravo III outdrive so much that...

[pullin]

I bought my boat a new one. At 620 hours, something inside gave and the original ground itself to junk before I reached the marina. I got the mechanic over to the slip to listen to the horrible noises it made while idling. I asked him: "What kind of noise is that?" He said: "An expensive one."

So, my new Bravo 3 drive arrived on a pallet last week, and was installed in a few hours. At least the labor charges weren't much. The mechanics cleaned one of the torn up gears and gave it to me. They said I could put it on my desk and have the most expensive paperweight in Texas.

Sigh...

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... Was the upper torn down, cleaned, 'n rebuilt,..??

Ya know they share their oil,..??
The upper saw all that ground up metal too,.....

 

[pullin]

You and the mechanic(s) are on the same page. They said both needed replaced. I got a *whole* new outdrive, from the u-joints to the prop shaft.

 

[alldodge]

Hope you kept the old drive parts, or at least got some off the new drive. The housing and parts are worth some money.

 

[thumpar]

Any ideas on what happened? That seems like pretty low hours for it to fail.