Are these Merc Gear Lubes the same?
05-09-2017 | 07:48 AM
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Mercury High Performance Gear Lube is part number 92-858064K01 and is different than the ones you have shown here. It's a straight SAE 90 weight. That's what you should be using.
Edit: The SAE 90 product is what I used to use. I see now that Mercury has a Extreme Performance Racing lube that is 85w90; I assume that's what you're showing here. I now don't use either of those. I use Torco RTF.
Edit: The SAE 90 product is what I used to use. I see now that Mercury has a Extreme Performance Racing lube that is 85w90; I assume that's what you're showing here. I now don't use either of those. I use Torco RTF.
05-09-2017 | 07:49 AM
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Unless they changed the name, the Quicksilver good stuff was labeled High Performance Gear Lube. And typically, my local Walmart carries it and has the best price around $11-$12. I also want to say the color is different between the regular QS gear lube and high performance.
05-09-2017 | 07:52 AM
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I was just discussing this with the guy who services my drives. He was a staunch advocate of Torco RTF in #6 drives and recommended I switch to it last year because he felt it was better than the HP gear lube (SAE90). I had very good results with it albeit it is expensive and requires changing at a more frequent interval than the Merc. stuff. He told me this morning that Merc. reformulated their gear lube to the one mentioned above and now he recommends I switch to it over the Torco as it was targeted specifically for Bravo drives. FWIW.
05-09-2017 | 08:29 AM
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There is a difference between the High Performance Quicksilver and Extreme Performance Quicksilver, consider it medium duty and heavy duty. In the past, the item #s were just one letter different from comparable oil\lube when comparing Quicksilver and Merc Race. Now Merc Race uses totally different item #s for the comparable Quicksilver/Merc Race throwing a wrench into everyones trained way of thinking.
05-09-2017 | 09:27 AM
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I would go with the Quicksilver Extreme Performance for the XZ, If I had the XZ drive I would want what is the best from Merc. Remember, currently the High Performance is the "Standard" lube, not for XRs, 6s, etc
05-09-2017 | 09:32 AM
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What you have is the old for standard outdrives. The equivalent to that now is High Performance Quicksilver but that or the 90 w is only recommended for standard medium duty outdrives.. I'm surprised you would run that in an XR. Extreme Performance Quicksilver is designed for XRs, 6s, etc.
05-09-2017 | 09:54 AM
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I miss read your previous post, QS extreme it is.......part# for this ?
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