Sorry to hear that Keith! Bravo gears just suck! Come on Smitty, offer us some gears that hold up for a good price! Make our dreams come true. And have them at Mr. Gadgets door by june 1st to install in my Imco SC's so I can sleep at night!

I honestly think the cooler saved the drive since there is an inline filter, there wasnt any major metal on the magnet. Mostly went thru the filter.

are the gears we buy today any better, maybe merc., adressed the hardening problem by now.

Broke XR upper w/200 hours behind a stock 525efi. Broke the gear set and a top cap stud. Spewed a bunch of metal into the lower where it needs rebuilt also.

This was coincidentally > 10 hrs. after switching to a LH prop. All the other hours where running RH. Not sure if that had anything to do with it or not?

You tow your boat with a #6? What kinda mileage?

The gears are worse--merc now makes even more profit

Actually, the 1 ton is cheaper than the #6 - LOL

Did the new gears ever come out?

I believe the lowers have

After reading about all these Bravo failures, 8 degree Casale V-Drives are sounding pretty appealing.