Thank you for you feedback. The gears and bearing are all used. The boat has 485 hrs on it. The gears hardly show any contact pattern wear. I don't think this boat has had a lot on speed use. Thinking idling to an anchor spot and that's it. I setup the backlash to less then 0.010". I am...
I have a 1999 Wellcraft Martinque 3000 with twin Volvo Penta SX-M outdrives. The lower gear cases need to be replaced. The center carrier bearings are totally corroded. I couldn't remove them from the lower gear case. I was able to find two used lower gear cases and new bearing carriers.
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