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Trumascape

06-20-2013 09:40 PM

Mercury 6 drive gimbal ring broke- options?

I know the rings on the gimbals on 6's are the weak link. I had heard someone was making billet or titanium rings that dont break, anybody have any info?

Don Johnson

06-21-2013 12:05 PM

wow you broke a ring. Do you fly the boat a lot?

Comanche3Six

06-21-2013 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Johnson (Post 3946724)

wow you broke a ring. Do you fly the boat a lot?

I had that same thought. Serious piece to break!

Trumascape

06-21-2013 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Comanche3Six (Post 3946728)

I had that same thought. Serious piece to break!

They break quite often, they are just cast and top and bottom bolt holes have little margin.

Comanche3Six

06-21-2013 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Trumascape (Post 3946784)

They break quite often, they are just cast and top and bottom bolt holes have little margin.

Got it, thanks for the information.

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