A buddy of mine had both his bravos ripped off (stolen) a few days ago! Its off a 1991 32' boat and he needs to get pricing for ins. now. He was wondering if the XZ/XR drives will bolt right up to the existing gimbals? if not then whats his best option for a replacement bravo? Just the bravo-x drive...or is he SOL and must go back to the standard Bravo drive? The boats a 1991 black thunder with mild 454's in it. He feels it heavy and just wants a bit more peace of mind with better drives is all. Thanks

Wally, either the XR or X will bolt up to his gimbal, just need to change the gimbal bearing, bellows retainer sleeve and put some plastic spacers in the trim cylinders. total is about $60.

Even the new box stock Bravo is stronger than what he has now.

I know the XR uses a larger input shaft....So you need to replace the gimble bearing with the larger one to fit the XR shaft. I believe they have a red dot on them. I think it is only a matter of like .030 bigger, but it needs to be changed. There is a merc service bulletin on this issue.

Not sure about the XZ input shaft size??

Other than that it should bolt right up.

THANKS GUYS! i will pass the info along to him...he will be happy ......oh and Marc.....i bet he will be ordering from you when he gets the ins check for the parts

My insurance was trying to depreciate my drives due to their age. I had to proove that they were rebuilt in order to collect full value. He might want to beat them right away on that point too.