Bravo 1 upper rebuild with stock or upgraded gears?
01-24-2018, 08:54 AM
#11
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Perhaps he is calling the X drive gears with a thicker floor an upgrade. Those can be installed in older standard Bravo drives by setting the races deeper.
If your housing is ate up from the salt use, it’d be a consideration to go with the rebuild. Your drive has lasted this long as the old design, no reason it won’t go another if you just need a new set of bearings and all else is good.
If your housing is ate up from the salt use, it’d be a consideration to go with the rebuild. Your drive has lasted this long as the old design, no reason it won’t go another if you just need a new set of bearings and all else is good.
Also, I can get a fresh rebuild (like new housing) for $2K with the original gear set, $2200 for the thick floor's or $1600 with my old housing and using/replacing/rebuilding the worn parts. All of the work would be thru the same shop, the builder very trustworthy and does great work - the $600 difference is between using my housing or going with a better hsg and gears
01-24-2018, 10:43 AM
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Myself, I’d choose by which housing condition you want and not focus on the gears, but if I follow you, it’s only $200 more for the better gears as both the 2000 and 2200 have a replacement housing? Are the clutches new too? You didn’t have a gear failure, but a bearing that has served its time from what I gather.
Last edited by US1 Fountain; 01-24-2018 at 10:53 AM.
