Carpedmman
Member
Needing to vent here a bit...I had my baby in for some servicing this past month. Here is what I had done:
1) Bottom painted ($875 inc. haul out)
2) Bravo III's serviced: Drive oil changed, new anodes. Drives were spot sandblasted and repainted with zinc-chromate and paint (Bad paint job-runs all over!)
3) New drive bellows installed.
4) Exhaust Flapper on starboard engine replaced.
When I asked for an estimate to be done, the shop wouldn't give me one until the boat was out of the water. I kept calling and to get a running total...the bill went from $2000 for bottom paint, outdrives with anodes and serviced/painted. Final bill was $4500! OUCH!
Here is my "beef" with the shop. I didn't ask that they disassemble the drive and the bell housing and repaint. I asked them to touch up the outdrives. (They didn't break the seals, just removed from the boat.) They said the bell housing had to be removed to replace the bellows. Is this true?
The port flapper was replaced a few years ago by a Sea Ray dealer and at that time there was one flapper purchased. This time around this place charged me for two flappers and 6 hours to install! Does it take THAT long?
Total labor for the outdrive/flapper work was 27 hours. Anyone do this lately?
Is this a ROYAL screw job without vasaline? TIA!
1) Bottom painted ($875 inc. haul out)
2) Bravo III's serviced: Drive oil changed, new anodes. Drives were spot sandblasted and repainted with zinc-chromate and paint (Bad paint job-runs all over!)
3) New drive bellows installed.
4) Exhaust Flapper on starboard engine replaced.
When I asked for an estimate to be done, the shop wouldn't give me one until the boat was out of the water. I kept calling and to get a running total...the bill went from $2000 for bottom paint, outdrives with anodes and serviced/painted. Final bill was $4500! OUCH!
Here is my "beef" with the shop. I didn't ask that they disassemble the drive and the bell housing and repaint. I asked them to touch up the outdrives. (They didn't break the seals, just removed from the boat.) They said the bell housing had to be removed to replace the bellows. Is this true?
The port flapper was replaced a few years ago by a Sea Ray dealer and at that time there was one flapper purchased. This time around this place charged me for two flappers and 6 hours to install! Does it take THAT long?
Total labor for the outdrive/flapper work was 27 hours. Anyone do this lately?
Is this a ROYAL screw job without vasaline? TIA!