Small Chunks On XR Drain Magnet :(
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That looks like a case of XR gear acne...nothing that a $ 1900 upper gear set, or if your lucky like Kurt a $ 750 lower gear set won't fix.....I've had a lot more uppers that lowers do this.
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If you're running XR's, you need spares ready to go. We've got 4 drives and rotate them when the magnets start looking ugly..
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Biggus....2 drives per season ?? Man you need to learn how to work those throttles
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It's in my mechanic's hands now. He did inspect the upper gears and they look fine. We think the chunks are from the Imco lower. I hope to be back on the water by this week-end.
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I'd pay the extra $$ to have him at least pull the upper gear set out and flush/inspect the bearings. The fluid from the lower does make its way into the upper. All it takes is a little bit of debris in the needle bearings to really make an expensive mess... I know first hand.. July 4th, I had a tower needle bearing get loose, get between the pinion and forward gear and all went to crap really quick...
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I'd pay the extra $$ to have him at least pull the upper gear set out and flush/inspect the bearings. The fluid from the lower does make its way into the upper. All it takes is a little bit of debris in the needle bearings to really make an expensive mess... I know first hand.. July 4th, I had a tower needle bearing get loose, get between the pinion and forward gear and all went to crap really quick...
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Carl I just saw an old post on the "Microboats thread" where your speed was 85.80 MPH. Was this before you did the LU welding
and shaping? Was there a gain after the modifications or did the work just stop the "burning".
and shaping? Was there a gain after the modifications or did the work just stop the "burning".