SSMIII or 3A drives?

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12-16-2020, 08:50 AM

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SSMIII or 3A drives?

poking around for drives if anyone has extras, PM me SSMIII or 3A

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12-16-2020, 09:25 AM

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poking around for drives if anyone has extras, PM me SSMIII or 3A

Thx!!

There are some 5's and 3A's in the classifieds. I think you'd want 3A's not 3's for what it's worth. But with your set up, 5's could work with the shorter lower.

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12-16-2020, 10:49 AM

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I rather keep props deep for what I do, looking at options

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12-16-2020, 01:08 PM

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Your 3's lasted over 30 years and more than a 1000 hrs why would you want to change?

12-16-2020, 01:23 PM

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Can a stock #3 be converted to a #3a using the same #3 drive housing?.....sorry to go off coarse to the OP's inquiry!

12-16-2020, 01:33 PM

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Your 3's lasted over 30 years and more than a 1000 hrs why would you want to change?

why not go stronger if I can? Plus most of the props I end up with are 26 spline I'm not a fan of using adaptors full time

12-16-2020, 01:34 PM

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Can a stock #3 be converted to a #3a using the same #3 drive housing?.....sorry to go off coarse to the OP's inquiry!

nope it's all different, you can put a prop shaft into a 3, one of the upper gears fits but that don't help much lol

12-16-2020, 06:26 PM

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You had like a 100 drives at your house, use one of those!

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12-16-2020, 08:48 PM

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you had like a 100 drives at your house, use one of those!

lol!!!!

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12-16-2020, 10:40 PM

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You had like a 100 drives at your house, use one of those!

non crescents have weaker gears ... no good lol

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