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Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter
A few years back someone had their Bravo XR outdrives and props stolen from in front of Silver Springs Marina while on display for sale. They were stolen off a Fountain 35' Lightning, same model as ours. Seems these boats were being targeted because of the drives. The marina called to let us know our boat should be watched as we also had the same equipment. Before I was here full time we would park the boat at the house a few days before we launched it. Midweek our neighbor heard and saw some activity near the trailered boat and chased off the suspicious party. Turns out they were only a couple minutes from having the outdrives removed. We were very lucky. Boat thieves know these outdrives are big money and I'm sure they are constantly casing the area for easy targets.
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All typical Mercruiser outdrives are only a couple of minutes from removal, as delivered from the factory. They are shockingly easy to remove. One only needs to cut one small rubber hose, remove 7 nuts and slide out one shaft. All 7 nuts are very accessible, all the same size, not very tight, and are rarely corroded. The only tools needed a speed wrench, one socket, one wrench and a knife. If you have any fear, install a drive lock.