agallant80
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I am just wondering. Do all sterndrives have constant issues or did I just hit some bad luck with my boat. I bought it bran new in Febuairy of 2013 since then.
-Upper end of the B3 ourdrive had an issue causing a gear tooth to break off destroying the upper drive. A bit of a fight with the merc rep but the approved the replacement under warranty
-Growling sound coming from the outdrive when turning but no one can find anything wrong. Guess I will just have to live with this
-Fitting at the end of the gear lube reservoir hose leaking. This $5 part could not be in a worse location resulting in the better part of a Saturday to swap it out. I hope it was the hose fitting and not the acutual through hull part which requires much more labor to swap out.
-Bellows ring came off when I removed the outdrive this year. Have to order new one and the install tool and hope that there is nothing wrong with the bellows
Do I just have bad luck or are sterndrives this bad for everyone?
-Upper end of the B3 ourdrive had an issue causing a gear tooth to break off destroying the upper drive. A bit of a fight with the merc rep but the approved the replacement under warranty
-Growling sound coming from the outdrive when turning but no one can find anything wrong. Guess I will just have to live with this
-Fitting at the end of the gear lube reservoir hose leaking. This $5 part could not be in a worse location resulting in the better part of a Saturday to swap it out. I hope it was the hose fitting and not the acutual through hull part which requires much more labor to swap out.
-Bellows ring came off when I removed the outdrive this year. Have to order new one and the install tool and hope that there is nothing wrong with the bellows
Do I just have bad luck or are sterndrives this bad for everyone?