how many hours are #6s good for between rebuilds?

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03-23-2014, 07:44 PM

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Only 275 hrs behind 500 HP?

That can't be true! If it is, I'm glad I have bravos...

03-23-2014, 08:32 PM

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That can't be true! If it is, I'm glad I have bravos...

yup, true story. it came out of a very reputable drive guys mouth as he was digging into my dry sump six's that had less than 200 hrs on them with 600 hp from the start of a fresh 6 rebuild.

03-23-2014, 09:50 PM

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275 hrs. 500's or 1100's, doesn't matter. that is what i was told by brian jackson of offshore outdrive. i figured they would last a bit longer than that but they sure didn't !

I broke an upper in Key West with about 100 hours on it, but you know the horsepower I'm asking it to take. Putting on complete new drives, rebuilding old set like new and will sell them, oh, M8's

03-23-2014, 11:04 PM

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Behind turbines you should be going through them at about 60 hours. Mine will be going down to Colabella this week and it's $1k in labor to tear down, inspect, NDT the parts, and rebuild. When you need gears or shafts it starts getting expensive.

yes it does,he did mine.

03-24-2014, 12:14 AM

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why not make a tax deductible donation of the #6 drives to a shelter im opening up, for homeless hookers here in colombia?

it's a very worthy cause, and besides, obama has a pen a phone and a bad attitude, and wants to tax the piss out of ballers like you after the midterms. lol you could surely use the deduction. lol

03-24-2014, 12:20 AM

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yes it does,he did mine.

you have 6s on your beak boat? schweet...respekt so how they holding up behind those merc 420s

03-24-2014, 12:23 AM

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An M8 upper at 100 hours.......that's disappointing. Let's hope Mercury Racing sorts that problem out.

03-24-2014, 04:34 AM

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An M8 upper at 100 hours.......that's disappointing. Let's hope Mercury Racing sorts that problem out.

holy crap... id be looking at arnesons

03-24-2014, 06:52 AM

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I sent mine to Craig this winter and the cost was around $3,500.00. Replaced seals and bearings.
preventative maintenance.

03-24-2014, 02:34 PM

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holy crap... id be looking at arnesons

Mercury Racing is my favorite, I really like Arneson's product also. I'm sure they will sort out the problem, the M8 is rated at 33% strength increase over the 6.

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