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chewy1955

08-09-2005 07:02 AM

Outdrive Upgrade

What does it take to upgrade from a Bravo 1 to a Bravo XR? Is it worth doing? What does the XR offer that is not in the Bravo 1?

velocitypwrbtr

08-09-2005 07:30 AM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

What hp are you running? You could upgrade to a BRAVO X Drive. There is a special on new X Drives. $4500.00 while they last.

chewy1955

08-09-2005 11:57 AM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

625SC Chief's

chewy1955

08-09-2005 11:59 AM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

With counter rotating props, are the drives LH & RH? I would gues that the answer is YES.

velocitypwrbtr

08-09-2005 01:06 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

Bravo Drives will rotate in either direction. With that much horse power I'd put on a pair on XR's.

chewy1955

08-10-2005 02:15 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

To go to XR's.... Is this an easy swap? What has to be changed?

Outdrive1

08-10-2005 10:49 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

Quote:

Originally Posted by chewy1955

To go to XR's.... Is this an easy swap? What has to be changed?

just the drives themselves and the hubs on your props.

velocitypwrbtr

08-11-2005 09:17 AM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

Quote:

Originally Posted by BADKACHINA

just the drives themselves and the hubs on your props.

You need to change your gimble bearing to a "RED Dot Bearing also."

hillbilly24

08-11-2005 10:29 AM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

You should also install trim spacers in the trim clyinders to prevent them from tilting the drive too far, The XR has a bigger u-joint assembaly that will not allow the drive to tilt as far and can be damaged if th spacers are not installed. merc also says to change the u-joint bellows reataing ring. There is some agrument about this, I asked the instructor when I wne to Merc class last winter and he said that the reataing ring for the x series is jus a tiny bit thinner becuase in some rare situtions they were rubbing and tearing the ring out.

chewy1955

08-11-2005 05:48 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

So it doesn't sound to hard. Long as the current location is good (x dimension??) I've done gimble bearings before. Anyone know what I would expect top pay for an XR drive?

velocitypwrbtr

08-16-2005 12:27 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

You can buy one New for $7,400

NJSONIC

08-16-2005 08:59 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

Why not just upgrade the insides of your drive: Max Machine Worx,Imco,ETC.. Just an idea.

articfriends

08-16-2005 11:05 PM

Re: Outdrive Upgrade

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If you upgrade your drives to max parts you'll have much sturdier stronger towers amonst other things as compared to the xr's,Smitty
Borrow or buy one of these jacks it will make job 100 times easier as xr style ujoints are a very tight fit when sliding drive on!

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