I have 2 surface drives here ,but so far nobody can,t tell me what brand they are .. they are made from aluminium ,have replaceble skegs ( they can be taken of by sliding them backwards off a locking rail) the powertrim cilinders are stainless steel ,steering is done from inside the boat by a steering arm .
The propshafts are 1 1/4 inch , the props that came with the drives are : eliche radice 485x600 mm 18,5x25,5 inch.
They seem to be European made ,they have all metric bolts .
there is an electrical wire going into the housing ,I could not see what its function is ,other than I thought it was for oil temp ... or drive position ...
Prop shaft nut is brass ,and has a hex screw to lock the nut on the propshaft ( seems the only part that I could recognice at SDS,s website )
Its not a socket ball style like Arneson ,but it has hinge pins and steering pins .
transom housing has a large O ring around for water sealing ,there are also hoses coming from the transom house that run to a reservoir .
I will try to find somebody that can post pics from the drives , as I can,t post here .

Thx A.J

A.J.

here are the pics !

Thanks for posting the pics ! Anybody know what brand ?

Judging by the pallet jack they look big like ASD8/10's. Did they come off the Hustler in that gallery? Interesting, never seen those before . . . .

The drives did not come off the Hustler , not sure what boat they came ... I measured the length ,just 2 inches shorter total lenght as my ASD8,s inline drives .

They are not Arnesons.

Possibly MSA.... Like those tiller arms!

I googled surface drives at images ,and have seen a lot drives ,but none of them were alike .... MSA have all extrnal steering ,they do have a hing pin /steering pin system ,but its totally different .

No, it is not MSA, but it look like this http://www.dbdmarine.com/

That DBD drive has a socket ball ,and as far as I can see ,it contains no oil for lubrication ,just dry U joints or homokinetic system.

The drives I have have a large capacity housing that mounts to the transom that contains oil ,where the U joints are turning into,the hoses that come from the housing go to a reservoir that stores the oil just like a Arneson ASD8 inline units do.
The powertrim pumps that came with the drive are : Made in Hungary , they kinda look like OMC ,s inboard pumps...