Spokane Boat Repair fixes sterndrives at your home, storage lot, or marina, including MerCruiser and Volvo Penta drives. We replace bellows, shift cables, impellers and water pumps, change lower unit gear oil, and rebuild lower units, and repair visits are a $129 trip fee plus $200 an hour, plus tax.
We're a mobile mechanic based in Spokane Valley. Most sterndrive work gets done right where the boat is sitting on its trailer.
7 AM – 7 PM, 7 days a week
A sterndrive (also called an I/O or inboard/outboard) has an engine inside the boat and a drive unit bolted to the transom. Most problems come from the parts where those two meet, or from the drive itself.
Sterndrive jobs we do:
We've worked on MerCruiser and Volvo Penta engines, and on boats from builders like Bayliner and Chaparral. If you're not sure whether we work on your drive, call with the make and model.
If you're seeing any of these, it's cheaper to deal with it early. A leaking bellows is a smaller job than the damage it can lead to.
Sterndrive repairs are billed as a $129 trip fee plus $200 an hour for labor, plus tax. We'll give you a quote before we start.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Trip fee (repair visits only) | $129 + tax |
| Labor | $200/hour + tax |
| Bellows, impeller / water pump, shift cable, lower unit gear oil change | Call for a quote |
If you're booking winterization too, a sterndrive is $420 plus tax per engine. Full list on our pricing page.
If the boat needs to move and you don't have a way to tow it, we offer boat pickup and delivery.
Sterndrives are one of the engine types we winterize, along with inboards, outboards, and jet skis. Winterization runs antifreeze through the cooling system, fogs the cylinders, and adds fuel stabilizer. It's a good time to change the gear oil and look over the bellows too, so small problems don't sit all winter.
More on the boat winterization page.
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Call or text (509) 408-3075. We're available 7 AM to 7 PM, seven days a week. Tell us the engine, the drive, and what it's doing.
Yes. MerCruiser is one of the brands we work on, and we've also worked on Volvo Penta sterndrives. We do the work at your home, storage lot, or marina.
Repairs are a $129 trip fee plus $200 an hour for labor, plus tax. We'll give you a quote before we start so you know the number first.
Cracked or dried-out rubber, water in the bilge near the transom, or a grinding U-joint can all point to the bellows. If the boat is older and the bellows have never been done, it's worth having them checked.
Milky or watery gear oil usually means water is getting into the drive past a seal. It should be looked at before the boat goes back in the water, because water in the drive can damage the gears and bearings.
Yes. Shift cable work is one of the sterndrive jobs we do on site. If shifting is hard or the drive slips out of gear, call and describe what it's doing.
A worn raw-water impeller or water pump is a common cause, especially if it hasn't been replaced in a few seasons. A blocked water intake can do it too. We can check both on a repair visit.
Call or text 509-408-3075. 7 AM – 7 PM, 7 days a week.