XR Pinion Gear Wear Problem??
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I AGREE WITH BOBBY I've never had water in my drives enough or to see ,and never but a hot drive in cool water they get
hot running but still have not had water problems .I run amsoil
in motors and red line in gear boxes ,
I'm not trying to argue ,,,just my take on it .
hot running but still have not had water problems .I run amsoil
in motors and red line in gear boxes ,
I'm not trying to argue ,,,just my take on it .
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Redline and Amsoil...
I have already decided to switch from a mineral based oil to running Amsoil in my engines....
and I think I am going to give the Redline "Shock Proof" a go in my Bravo One gear cases.
and I think I am going to give the Redline "Shock Proof" a go in my Bravo One gear cases.
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The marks on the teeth is where the surface metal has worn off. I'm replacing these gears, but flopping my forward/reverse gears over.
There are no marks, metal missing, heat marks or anything on the forward/reverse gears.
back4more - I just read through this thread about your drives:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...highlight=lube
Did you do an inspection of your gears at the end of the season?
There are no marks, metal missing, heat marks or anything on the forward/reverse gears.
back4more - I just read through this thread about your drives:
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...highlight=lube
Did you do an inspection of your gears at the end of the season?
Last edited by rbtnt; 12-27-2002 at 10:51 PM.
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That is the same wear I had on my Pinion gear and like yours the forward and reverse gears are ok.. but I will flop them, cause the back up gear looks better than the lets go forward gear..
I really think Merc had a bad run of gears.. wish I could trade mine in for a new one..
Dick
That is the same wear I had on my Pinion gear and like yours the forward and reverse gears are ok.. but I will flop them, cause the back up gear looks better than the lets go forward gear..
I really think Merc had a bad run of gears.. wish I could trade mine in for a new one..
Dick
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Here's an update since I last posted in this thread (Post #11 12/22/02). Mr. Gadgets and I have dis-assembled my XR drives and found soft, exessive wear on my pinion gears----and we didn't see the used metalic lube that was drained from my drives until we held the drian pan out in the sun---not good! We are replacing the pinion gears----hopefully, this will cure the problem of excessive wear.