Bravo II Drive

GasCan II

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Anyone come up wiyh a home made hoist / tripod for installing and removing a Bravo II drive. If so care to share ?
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Scott Danforth

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could simply use a buddy. then hand him a beer when you are done

or a rented engine hoist would work.
 

GasCan II

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O.K. I got hooked up with an engine hoist a friend will let me borrow.
Just getting too OLD to be lifting this drive.
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tpenfield

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Yea, one year the Admiral insisted that she help steady the outdrive as I installed it. It ended up being a case of 'too many cooks' . . . now I just wait until she is out shopping and remove (or install) the outdrives myself :rolleyes:

they are heavy . . .

If you Google 'outdrive dolly' you will find some online.
 

thumpar

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Yep the Bravos are heavy. I could throw my Alpha around by myself no problem. Lately I have been waiting on a cheap deal on an engine hoist. I had a friend help me install the drive this year and don't want to go through that again.
 

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Sterndrive dolly works great. Thats what we use at the shop.
 

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agallant80

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Funny you ask that. i was going to make one tonight out of some 2X4 and some wheels from HF
 

agallant80

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Cost me about $50 took me about an hour and a half. Most expensiave part were the wheels at $7 each and the threaded rod at $9 each.
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agallant80

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Mine that I welded up with my TIG welder. Had the metal already. Just needed the HF jack and some wheels. It's nice becuase you crank it up to the proper height. No lifting involved.

These jacks go on sale pretty often:
http://www.harborfreight.com/3500-lb...jack-3961.html


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Thats pretty nice. I wish I had a welder or a shop big enough to use one in. With mine I will have to crank the boat jack up and down to get the drive back on but its better than trying to get it back on myself or worse with the wife trying to help.
 

bruceb58

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This one all unbolts so it stores flat on a shelf in my garage.
 

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If you can't weld and need something quick I got this from Stumpy's Fab works in the midwest, it works great with my Cobra which is not as heavy but not a lightweight either. I made a wood one with adjustable casters first but upgraded to this because of the jack....sorry about the beat lookin salt water outdrive, still shifts and runs like new though....
 

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alldodge

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The outdrive stand thread use to have more pages. Guess this is something that was lost in the change over. Here is my 3 in one stand built from an engine stand. Engine stand, outdrive remove/installer and outdrive work stand.

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