so anybody manage to break a number 8 drive yet...
04-23-2015 | 05:10 PM
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Now that's one hell of an idea.
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04-23-2015 | 06:09 PM
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A lot of cats went back to the #6. There is a lot that is left to be desired in the quality of merc gears in any drive. I know there are some drive rebuilders that hand pick their gears and then spend some time working them over. Merc also says to run the junk MTF because it can absorb water, which should not be an issue anyways. We had Matt @ TNT setup our drives and he puts a little different pre-loads on them. We also used to run the RTF then switched to the bravo shop neo oil, and we have pounded pretty hard on our 6's with more than 1650's...... We also did tear up a #6 pretty good before TNT worked on our drives. We were also running MTF at the time and only had 1350hp or so.
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
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04-24-2015 | 12:28 AM
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A lot of cats went back to the #6. There is a lot that is left to be desired in the quality of merc gears in any drive. I know there are some drive rebuilders that hand pick their gears and then spend some time working them over. Merc also says to run the junk MTF because it can absorb water, which should not be an issue anyways. We had Matt @ TNT setup our drives and he puts a little different pre-loads on them. We also used to run the RTF then switched to the bravo shop neo oil, and we have pounded pretty hard on our 6's with more than 1650's...... We also did tear up a #6 pretty good before TNT worked on our drives. We were also running MTF at the time and only had 1350hp or so.
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
04-24-2015 | 01:47 AM
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A lot of cats went back to the #6. There is a lot that is left to be desired in the quality of merc gears in any drive. I know there are some drive rebuilders that hand pick their gears and then spend some time working them over. Merc also says to run the junk MTF because it can absorb water, which should not be an issue anyways. We had Matt @ TNT setup our drives and he puts a little different pre-loads on them. We also used to run the RTF then switched to the bravo shop neo oil, and we have pounded pretty hard on our 6's with more than 1650's...... We also did tear up a #6 pretty good before TNT worked on our drives. We were also running MTF at the time and only had 1350hp or so.
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
Or....
This could have been avoided with Arneson's, lol!
04-24-2015 | 10:55 PM
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I am sorry but put 1000-1350-1650-xxxx hp in front of a drive and it is going to have wear and eventually fail. I have a set of 8's and I bet I have engine issues before drive issues but if I put shafts on there I still have other issues and the bustle covers the drives and props for the most part. I can replace gears much more than body parts from blades back there when we are all swimming around with that set of Ginsu knives hanging out waiting on a unsuspecting set of feet or legs....
04-25-2015 | 10:27 AM
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I am sorry but put 1000-1350-1650-xxxx hp in front of a drive and it is going to have wear and eventually fail. I have a set of 8's and I bet I have engine issues before drive issues but if I put shafts on there I still have other issues and the bustle covers the drives and props for the most part. I can replace gears much more than body parts from blades back there when we are all swimming around with that set of Ginsu knives hanging out waiting on a unsuspecting set of feet or legs....
parasitic loss,of not 1 but 2, 90 degree changes of direction in ur drive line is way better than the arneson system... wtf dude, u from planet earth or some other galaxy?
I think with arnesons every 22nd blue moon u change a 40 dollar u joint and a couple of 25 dollar bearings and seals... plus u dont have to felate anyone at arneson to have customer service call u back
