Taking off outdrive

[pelican]

Is it necessary to take off your outdrive and bring it inside for the winter when winterizing your motor? What are the benifits? It is a bravo one outdrive.
Thanks

the drive should be removed and serviced every season.the splines on the input shaft need to be lubed with a "spline" lube-to avoid wear and siezing of the shaft in the coupler-also,the older drives,these have grease fittngs on the u-joints-only way they can be lubed is by removing the drive.
while the drive is off,everything can be inspected-gimbal bearing,shift cable and drive shaft bellows...trust me,pull that drive once a season !
reinstall it,after servicing it-no need to store it inside...
also,if the bellows are more than 5 seasons old,i recomend you replace them...