Well At Least I Got 4 Years Out Of The XR.. :)

[Carl C]

But the Great Lakes are hard on drives!! Mine let go yesterday on a full throttle run on the St. Clair River. BANG! lol Victory Marine has new, old style XR uppers for $3,900 and one is on the way. The boat will be down for two weeks . The tow was covered under my TowBoatUS towing insurance but this boat had a top speed of 8 mph which made for a five hour tow! Expensive hobby..........

[dsparis]

Bummer

[Pismo]

Do you specifically what went first?

[Carl C]

Do you specifically what went first?

No. I recently pulled the back cover to check the gears and I put in new oil. I think the damage may have started on a run last week on Erie. Maybe a tooth broke and got jammed and broke off the case. The spanner nut had not backed out. I was not getting air on the fateful run but I did spank a Baja who came out to challenge me.

[72Hornet]

No. I recently pulled the back cover to check the gears and I put in new oil. I think the damage may have started on a run last week on Erie. Maybe a tooth broke and got jammed and broke off the case. The spanner nut had not backed out. I was not getting air on the fateful run but I did spank a Baja who came out to challenge me.

Well, at least you got to show the Baja what it is all about! If it makes you feel any better, I lost a gear in my upper on my Volvo 250 this Spring when I did the St. Johns River run. That was after towing down from Iowa, but we had five good days of trouble free running up to that point. We had a ball and a lot of fun memories. Good luck on getting yours back together. It can always be worse!

[Ed Donnelly]

It had to happen sooner than later
Now put in a 200 h.p. engine the the drive will last forever

On a serious note Sorry to hear...Ed

[silverghost]

Carl~
WoW~~~what a sad mess !
Put a good old MerCruiser TRS, & hydraulic transmission, in there behind that engine and the TRS will NEVER break, or let you down again .

[Carl C]

Carl~
WoW~~~what a sad mess !
Put a good old MerCruiser TRS, & hydraulic transmission, in there behind that engine and the TRS will NEVER break, or let you down again .

The money tree hasn't blossomed yet. I'll be back on the water within two weeks for under 5 grand. It was a little surprising to pull the drive and see the input shaft and gear still in the boat....