I have a couple of B1 drives, one with about 400 hours on it and other with 150 to 200. One of the drives has a bad pinion bearing on the verticle drive shaft and other has bad carrier bearing for prop shaft in lower. In order to sell these I would want to have the guy I use for drives go through them to ensure no other issues and replace any other bearings, assess wear etc. This would involve a certain cost for the full tear down, inspection and re-assemly. If I recall I think he charged me about 900 for the full teardown and inspection on my last drive and then the cost of parts involved in my repair.

So the question becomes what would the value of a fully torn down, inspected, and re-assembled adjusted to spec of a 1.5 B1 vs just selling it as is with stated issue but unknown other issues? I would rather sell something and know exactly it's condition than just guess. I see you can now by a knockoff B1 for pretty cheap so it seems the used market of OEM B1 could be less than in years past.

I guess I am in a similar position and looking for answers. I bought a used boat, 1992 with a bravo -1 and also I think I got a deal on another complete drive and gimble assembly for about 4 K, my issue is I really don't know what I have in either drive,
and am I hoping to find out cost to rebuild/upgrade 1 of the units and sell the other. Only 1 motor, don't like storing stuff so only need drive. I would like upgrades if available.

Based on what I've seen and paid and freinds paid, Regular Bravo 1's in good shape with no issues, generally bring around $3000. Maybe $3500-4k for being freshly gone through.

Thank you, I feel better