Outdrive Upgrade
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Re: Outdrive Upgrade
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.
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Re: Outdrive Upgrade
Originally Posted by BADKACHINA
just the drives themselves and the hubs on your props.
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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.
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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?