Thinking about making good TRS lower gears and shaft.. Any interest.
05-21-2015, 07:01 PM
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Thinking about making good TRS lower gears and shaft.. Any interest.
When I went looking for upgrade lower gears and a shaft for my TRS drives I found nothing..A company that I'm part of manufactures different gears etc. I'm thinking about tooling some lower gears made from 8620 and a shaft from 300M. Would there be any interest in these parts? It seems almost impossible to find even stock new parts for the TRS. I know this is the weak link and I'm sure the lower case is next. If I start breaking those I might look into making better lower housings.
I figure some good strong parts for the TRS might be a nice alternative to a pricey complete Konrad setup.
Thoughts?
I figure some good strong parts for the TRS might be a nice alternative to a pricey complete Konrad setup.
Thoughts?
05-21-2015, 08:26 PM
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I cant speak for the TRS but, IF you can make some bravo XR gears that are better than Mercury is currently making at a reasonable cost.........you will have trouble counting all your money.
05-21-2015, 08:31 PM
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Read into patents and protection before you do. Merc famous for protecting almost everything, which I don't blame'm.
Read into patents and protection before you do. Merc famous for protecting almost everything, which I don't blame'm.
05-21-2015, 08:42 PM
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I highly doubt they have a patent on the gearset unless they came up with some crazy new gear pattern shape. Plus patents only last 25 years and i think that drive is older than that
05-21-2015, 09:02 PM
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When I went looking for upgrade lower gears and a shaft for my TRS drives I found nothing..A company that I'm part of manufactures different gears etc. I'm thinking about tooling some lower gears made from 8620 and a shaft from 300M. Would there be any interest in these parts? It seems almost impossible to find even stock new parts for the TRS. I know this is the weak link and I'm sure the lower case is next. If I start breaking those I might look into making better lower housings.
I figure some good strong parts for the TRS might be a nice alternative to a pricey complete Konrad setup.
Thoughts?
I figure some good strong parts for the TRS might be a nice alternative to a pricey complete Konrad setup.
Thoughts?
05-21-2015, 09:05 PM
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I can't help but wonder why nobody has done this yet. It's commonplace for us to have things like this made for our race cars.
05-22-2015, 09:04 AM
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If you do them right, there is no shortage of customers. I have to replace upper and lowers on starboard this year. Replaced entire port drive last year. Boat has 300+ hrs, can't be mad but life would be better if I knew the new parts were better quality and durability.
