Yea,,,,,now that i think of it ,,,,maybe u had them on backwarts and the blades hit the superdrive and broke it ?????


HAHAHAHA

Do you even own a boat? Or are you just on here to stir up chit?

NO,,sorry i don't. Do i have to own 1 ????

The idea DareDevil is that if the prop is cavitating or slipping especially if one blad is out it will cause the drive to lash like crazy and blow it apart.

Then i would think its not a really strong drive ????????

I mean yeah if u would do that @ 6000 RPM i guess my SSM would not like that either ,,,but come on ,,,u can't really ask a boater that question because u would definitely feel it ,,,like the boat would fall apart.

Not really we lost a blade in a race and did not know it tell we slowed down when the lower gear set let go. It was just a very minor vibration.

I can't believe not one of you guys picked up on the REAL lesson here!!! ????

USE your boat!!!!! ( if you have one) 48 hours took over two years?? Sounds like too much time on the golf course, huh??

I've got 58 hours on my Konrad....Just put it on 2 months ago!!

It's not a classic car, it's NOT appreciating while you let it sit, its Depreciating!!! so go use it!! Its costing you money even when you don't use it !! And we all know that spending money without enjoying it is just....well........you know......

I now get to drive the boat harder than I EVER was able too before - the Cheasepeake Bay is whole new playground. A TRS never lived this long behind my boat - only 600hp max, but still killed 5 TRS's in last 5 seasons - would have loved to do # 3a - but would have to raise motor for new X, build new hatch and then used parts for same $$ ??? & $1,500K props...naaaaa.......

So, it's simple......If the gentleman had rung up those hours in the first year, it would have been under warranty - and nobody would be cryin'.....

I'm on my 5th season and well over 400hrs with my Konrads. Just rebuilt the upper on the starb. drive for the 1st time not becuase it broke but it was showing some wear. I did brake a u joint on the same side at the end of last season and it caused some real damage and more than likely caused the gears to chafe the hardeneing on the upper gear set. The U-joint failed because the boot tore and got the joint wet. I didn't catch it.... That is an owner error not a drive failure.

I was glad I had the Konrads after it broke. I was able to buy a new off the shelf transom unit instead of having to find an old SSM III unit or weld up an old casting.

The rebuild wasn't cheap but it was no worse than any Merc drive. The parts are available and new, not old stock because the parts are NLA like so many Merc parts are. We had a customer with the same failure on his SSM IIIa's and he had to choose between an old coroded transom unit or weld his old junk. The drive rebuild alone was $7k and he still had old, outdated and obsolete drives when he was done. I have to wonder how long it will be before the old stock of Merc parts runs out since the factory doesn't have anymore?

I don't know what a SSM III is rated to for HP or torque but I do know what Konrad rates theirs to. I know I can call Konrad for tech support anytime and I mean ANYtime since Kurt answers his phone on weekends.

I don't know what the argument is here. You can order up new Konrads, you can't buy new SSM III's. Who cares how good SSM III's where, that time has passed.

Well said Lofty!!!

And I know of an Ace set up complete at a great price!!

Warranty!! since when does warrenty go on for more than a year or like,
some people in this industry thimk forever. Bullet Proof? Where that term come from? Nothing is bullet proof. Not even
#6's. Every drive out must be serviced at proper interval"s. Oil changes is were most mistakes are made in. But Bullet Proof,
no such thing exists. Bravo XR'S most of the time cost $6,000
to repair. So what's your point.