thanks in advance just broke my bravo 1 again less than 10 hours on rebuild i have a 2000 fountain 29 with hp 500, nothing done to the motor, dont abuse the boat, mostly boat on lakes around me i am thinking about a xr sportmaster because i dont want this to happen again and in the future thinking about putting a procharger on the motor any help or suggestions thanks

do you mean sport master ?????

Call Mr. Gadgets "Dick's Performance Marine" (616) 403-1006 or (616) 335-8446. He's in west Michigan and blue prints/assembles Bravo One drives for several guys on here---they ship them to him from all over and he does a great job.

We all know that Bravos suck, but breaking a freshly rebuild drive in 10 hours without abusing it menas that it was not asssemble right. Stock HP 500 power shouldnt break it that quickly.

what does blueprinting the drive do? yes sorry did mean sportsmaster and i know the drive shouldnt of busted have a call into the man that rebuilt the drive but i dont want this to happen again i bought the boat and the first weekend i took it out it broke and the guy i bought the boat off of had it fixed and know i get the boat out the first time after having it dewinterized and it happens again, cant enjoy the summer like this

In order to put a drive together, there are many measurments that need to be taken and adjusted. If done correctly, the drive will last with your power. There are also a few tricks that the better drive builders ( Mr Gadgets ) does when assembling a drive. He helped me along with my first drive rebuild this winter. In fact, today was my first run with the fresh drive, so far, no problems.
Thanks Dick

Your welcome Vinny!! And Thank you Mark...

Kickin.. give me a call and I can explain more about it... The numbers Kamma gave are correct.. What broke in your drive anyway??

Dick

dont know what broke in the drive was going down the lake and all of a sudden loud bang and no foward or reverse got boat out of water and top cap is busted and leaking oil out of it thanks

Sounds like upper gear set or shaft.

sounds like the input gear/foward gear had a slight issue