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Thanks I'll check it out. How long have you been marketing the oil? Dean never mentioned it. How many hours/years of testing have you done?

Any drive that's immersed in water should have an oil that allows it to mix with water IMHO. If you pick up something like a fishing line and tear a prop seal you may not know it until it's too late. PS, my "BMAX" drives do not have water issues and I've supported your product many years now. Any questions feel free to contact me.

Wow, that's some fuzzy math, ever consider politics?

I couldn't do any worse then who we have now!

From their website:

"We purchased the Bravo Shop in May, 2010. We currently own and operate Waconda Welding, Inc. in Union, NE which we opened in May 2002. At Waconda Welding we do welding fabrication and auto repair. Since we are close to two small lakes and own our own boat, we got into the marine repair service also. We are also an authorized Mercury parts dealer with a full line of Mercruiser Stern Drive parts. When we purchased our BlackThunder, it had the BMax drives on it. We thought they were great drives and when Dean decided to not continue to support or manufacture them, we felt it was a perfect opportunity for us to take it over.

This is a family run business. There is myself, my wife, and my two sons that work for the company.

We look forward to working with you, and making the BMax drive a better product and a reliable product for the industry.

Looks for us in Performance Boat Magazine and on their web-site.

Thanks,

John and Michell Pfahl"

http://www.bravoshop.net/BMax_Drives.html

+1 You can call me too....

I had to make up 6 of my own o-ring grooved washers to seal the upper to the gimbal. Also made a plug to keep the o-ring from collapsing into the shift pin dia. Never leaked since. That was 4 seasons ago. Only weak link for me is the vertical shaft snapping at the pinoin bearing sleeve dia. and the lower gear sets wearing out. Been using Mobil 1 75w-90 with a bottle of Lucas between the two.
I change the Gear Lube every season.

I was just curious why you changed oil so much.

The base oil has been used in the marine industry for years and we added some new additives to it to make it even better. We are also testing some new oils at this time. We have all the major oils being tested against ours and hope to have the results by the end of June.
Heres the deal we are not bound by API or any other standard as to how to make the oil so we can make it fit the application we need. Where as API branded oils have to test within the parameters set for them by API for what ever rating they are trying to meet.

Lets talk some time

Its been my experience if the lower vert shaft is snapping off it is do to heat cause by the bearing fitting to tight in the bore of the housing. And also to thick of oil not allowing the the bearing to stay properly lubricated and causing extra heat and weakening the shaft.
Was this problem with the BMAX lower or the Imco Lower.

Yep, it's the IMCO lower. I also replaced the caged roller bearing that Dean and IMCO used with the Merc style rollers and sleeve. No more signs of heat on the race. Maybe thats why I have not broken one since. Knock, knock, (wood table)