NXT Drive Problems ?
02-20-2007, 10:46 PM
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Ive done a lot of research on this with Merc and some builders that I know personally and the only challange I know of is with Fountains and some Outerlimits that the X-dimension is so high that the NXT-1 drive runs a little short on rudder/skeg length and thats when they go to the 6 drive married to the NXT-1 gimbal/ trans set-up, they dont use the 6 drive trans for these applications, there has been only 1 drive issue to date that I'm aware of and that was a bearing failure, there were trans issues at first but that was taken care of early on, I'm told by my builder that Merc is coming out with a longer skeg for the drive for certain applications .I hope this info is correct,,,my cat is getting laid up in 2 weeks
Correctamundo.........and Mercury as always is being EXTREMELY proactrive in working with Outerlimits and Fountain to resolve any issue there may be.
They have also bolted some #6's to the NXT gimbals.
The 700 pkg works fantastic on the Donzi ZR's. I was on a 700 boat in November through the FL Keys and it handled like a dream.
02-20-2007, 11:07 PM
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Correctamundo.........and Mercury as always is being EXTREMELY proactrive in working with Outerlimits and Fountain to resolve any issue there may be.
They have also bolted some #6's to the NXT gimbals.
The 700 pkg works fantastic on the Donzi ZR's. I was on a 700 boat in November through the FL Keys and it handled like a dream.
They have also bolted some #6's to the NXT gimbals.
The 700 pkg works fantastic on the Donzi ZR's. I was on a 700 boat in November through the FL Keys and it handled like a dream.
137mph in a "Lake Boat" is ok with me,,125 in a 36 Nortech, the 662's in the Nortech at Miami is in the 112 range
02-21-2007, 04:56 AM
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In talking with the mechanics @ Typhoon, I was told that there was a water pick-up issue with some boats high x-dimension and they had to add a low water pick-up. Other than that it appears to be a bullet proof package.
02-21-2007, 07:46 AM
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they sure can but between fountain and outerlimits, every mph counts...
BTW, this drive fails to excite me. same old stuff, the idea behind it is 50+ years old. It still has all the disadvantages of the #6 without some of the advantages of a cone clutch drive. It doesn't push the envelope in any way...
BTW, this drive fails to excite me. same old stuff, the idea behind it is 50+ years old. It still has all the disadvantages of the #6 without some of the advantages of a cone clutch drive. It doesn't push the envelope in any way...
