Number Six refresh
 

Have a couple drives I want gone through. Doing the merc refresh on the engines and want the drives done also.

WHO"S THE BEST?

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I use Vern Gilbert in Torrance ,CA 310-995-1670

Its either : Greg Colabella , or Jerry Haney.

Greg is in FL. and Jerry is in NC.

There the best. :ernaehrung004:

Mel Riggs. He's Mr. Outdrive.

Duberts in Sandusky has done several for a friend of mine with good results if your looking for a local place. They have always done great work for everyone that i know that have used them.

Fast turnaround, parts discount...
 

Master techs, discounts for OSO members, expert painting available. Premier MerCruiser dealer, Full service!
800-376-1616...give us a call!

Fast turn around too....

Colabella Performance
 

it's Craig Colabella
Collabella performance
407-498-0094

craig has more experience than anyone in the business. he was with merc racing back in the day when the six drive was first developed. plus his pricing is worth shipping to him.

Thanks for all the responses. OSO rocks.

Mel is great and cheapest......Matt at TNT is great also, but high dollar

galen wiley sppedmasters inc in orlando fla he has done mine for years and im the torture tester if i cant break them no one can

Ditto!

Colabella is the best, just had mine rebuilt by Craig, had them back within a week

We have a set that needs inspection/refreshen as well, Any recomendations for the Northeast area?

Brian Jackson- Offshore Outdrives

Took great care of our race stuff and a lot of other teams too.

www.offshoreoutdrives.com

Search the site, there are some threads with great information.

Brad.

I have used Randy with Marine Drives for 10 yrs now.
He also dry sump my drives.No problems with any work or repairs. His shop is in Inglis Fla 352-447-0309

Jerry Haney did my #6.He is one of the best

Craig Colabella
20+ years at lake X

Absolutely!:ernaehrung004:

Double Ditto!!

craig is great. or you could always send the to x site too

When do you feel the need to refresh the drives? I have about 90 hours on mine, and figured they have a ways to go. Are you talking 200 hours it is absolutely necessary, or is it something you do to keep your reliablility high?
I kind of assumed with constant fluid changes, not running hard, they don't need a lot of work, am I wrong?

You never know. If you have a clearance a bit off, if you got just one very heavy gear loading and lifted a tiny portion of a gear face, that's all it takes to begin a downward spiral. Opening them up, reshimming & resealing is not a bad idea, compared to what broken gears, shafts and cases cost.

Refresh intervals are relative to how much power and how you use them. On a time vs. power chart, the curve wouldn't be a straight line. In other words, you don't get half the hours at 1200 hp that you would have with 600. Not a straight-line relationship. Compound that with the 3rd dimension of those unknowns like the occasional bad landing or the holeshot here & there and you complicate things even more.

100 hrs is a good interval for a non-raceboat.

Makes sense

Mercury Racing's dry sump six drive refresh program at X-Site test facility in Panama City, FL. X-Site contact number, 850-769-1011....................and BAM Marine in Pompano Beach, FL, does Mercury's tranny rebuild program.

Craig did mine last fall and I was very happy with his work. Great guy to do business with!!:ernaehrung004:

Mine had 358 hours on them when they were gone through last fall.

-Pretty good life through a pair of 500's! :party-smiley-004::drink:

We have a full drive shop with all tooling from Alpha up to dry-sump six that is a much shorter drive for anyone in the Northeast than Florida. Our drive builder is a Mercury Master Tech.
705 487 7575

www.Simmonsmarine.com located here in ohio, Races opa 20+ years experience, In high performance drives.

Craig Colabella 407-498-0094 , St Cloud Fl........he ends up fixing alot of other peoples mistakes....30 years in the business of Mercury Drives.

Is he the one that does the bluprinting on the skegs,or subs it out?

skegs
 

don't think craig does that. i thought herring was doing it but don't know now that he's been bought out.
don't know if that even worth it unless racing supercat or something like that.
either way craig would know where to go, he knows almost everybody in the racing world.

like beckley said, craig fixes alot of these things for alot of other people.
i don't think anybody even comes close to how long craig has been doing drives.
wow craig must be really old!!!

Mark Wilson, who is on the board, does the skeg blueprinting as does Herring.

hey PIT give me a PM I did all the drives for the OL race team and service shop when I was there.

Rob spoke to Craig today and he still sends the skegs to Hering , there is a welding/fabrication shop in Florida near ocala that has been doing the skegs for years.hoping to get the phone # tomorrow morn

How big of a job is it to convert a wet sump to dry? If one was wanting dry sump drives is it feasible to do the conversion (if you don't have 6's at all) or just look for dry sump 6's. Just asking because I've seen wet sumps for sale much cheaper than dry......

I think its well worth it.If you dont have wet sumps allready it just depends on the market.Just depends on other work needed on the used drives.Randy had totally rebuilt my drives,bearings,gears,seals,U-joints,some shafts the year before.The conversion cost 12K with the converted skigs. Randy with Marine Drives has been around since the 80s or earlier.

Down here we have many great places to choose from:

Doller
BAM
TNT
Offshore Outdrives
Colabella

Ryan, is Craig Colabella also ok for crash boxes? i have a few daytona and merc boxes i need to get fresh...?

Christian