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Old 09-14-2013 | 09:20 PM
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Default How do you treat outdrive rubber?

I'm in the process of having some work done on our Bravo 3 outdrive. While it was in the shop I had all of the rubber parts replaced e.g. bellows etc. In the past I always sprayed Armor All after each use. But I was just recently told that may not be the best with the newer rubber components. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Old 09-15-2013 | 01:22 AM
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Old 09-17-2013 | 06:57 PM
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Old 09-17-2013 | 07:01 PM
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u 2 guys are some sick mo fos lol.

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Old 09-17-2013 | 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by mike tkach
u 2 guys are some sick mo fos lolo.
My bad,. I misread the original post. He said "outdrive" rubber.

In that case, I don't know. I never spray my rubber outdrives with anything.
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Old 09-17-2013 | 08:40 PM
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I tried a shorty rubber outdrive but it was HARD to keep the boat going straight due to the flex, HO ever it was kid friendly, only downside is rubber props are be cuming HARD to find
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Old 09-17-2013 | 08:46 PM
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Don't need rubber, her coupler has a diaphragm.
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Old 09-18-2013 | 05:50 AM
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OEM rubber ...no protectant = years of service
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Old 09-18-2013 | 03:15 PM
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