Bravo upper gear set
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Bravo upper gear set
Dissasembled the upper drive because of a lazy forward shifting. Upper clutch was glazed. Will work some valve coumpound on it and flip it upside down for a second life. And then... There is this:
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Small chiped spot on one of the lower gear's teeth
And
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Another light chiped spot on ujoint shaft gear
Manual says as soon as anything is spotted, replace...
I wonder, overall condition of the gear set seems good with no missing or broken teeth, Do you guys replace as soon as any little wear shows up? Do I need a new gear set now? It may have been like that for a
While
[ATTACH=CONFIG]560219[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]560221[/ATTACH]
Small chiped spot on one of the lower gear's teeth
And
[ATTACH=CONFIG]560220[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]560222[/ATTACH]
Another light chiped spot on ujoint shaft gear
Manual says as soon as anything is spotted, replace...
I wonder, overall condition of the gear set seems good with no missing or broken teeth, Do you guys replace as soon as any little wear shows up? Do I need a new gear set now? It may have been like that for a
While
Last edited by JS232; 10-08-2016 at 12:54 PM.
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If you have twins and swap drives port to starboard, the drives will be running on the opposite side of gears. Some people switch back and forth each year to try and make gears last longer. With a single if upper gears are worn on one side you can swap the gears top to bottom to get more life out of them. If a single the lower gears will still be running on the same side of gear teeth.