form-e gear cases/ mods

[form-e one]

haaa i always see questions about gear cases just to let ya know our new billet gearcases are still in works and i just got gears for them today ..they are originall merc gears ..guarenteed....the case is a one piece billet case ..and will be soon tested under my form -e hydro and runabout and yes i do run very big wheels so they will be tested very well....no prices avaible yet...cheyney

[David_L6]

What kind of lower unit are you running now?

Why Mercury gears? Did you have a run of gear made or are they NOS?

[sasbenson]

Hey chaney! Mr B here, trust me young man, those little straight cut gears ain't gona make er'. with the set up you have. OK darn it go ahead and prove me wrong. been done before a time or two!! going to need a mighty gentle touch with the old throttle wire.

[Dave M]

Chenny,

I used a Merc 44XS gearcase under my FE for many years, in fact MY dad ran the same unit for all his FE years. Not a lot of trouble with it, gears every couple years and she was good to go. One thing to note, back then, we did not have the torque and speeds we have, and what you are seeing today. At the very least, I suggest laser cutting a hole through the gear, and shaft and pinning it. We do that with all our lower unit gears, except the Bass. Have not had any gear trouble with that yet. Yamato spiral gears, at least one set a year, even pinned, Inson foot, no trouble yet, but not ran much either.

Just my experience with units. Post some picks of your unit, I might be interested, or email them to me.

Also, Steve Rowskoski had a new prototype I looked over real hard, it looks like it will be a good one to, I don't think they ar ein production yet, Steve ??

Dave

[modhydro]

David,

My job has been getting more and more consuming. I still have the patterns sitting on a bench in the workshop. I will get to it as soon as I can and get a couple on the water to check them out. I have just enough Merc foot stuff to keep me going, so it hasn't been mission critical yet. I do have a direct fire CD ignition in the works though that will be simple easy and hopefully keep the old 30-H up with some yamato's this year!

[form-e one]

well guys ..this is me and my experience and alot of west coasters....the gear cases we run are the old and new style--------- foots....they last 6 heats under my motor...not good and dont say crap about alignment and all that stuff bin there done it ...not a rookie...i run very big wheels ...and i have some ok power i guess....the gears ime getting are originall equip...merc gears ...no they arent small steve ...they have been run under 8oo and 850 f runabouts for years on one set ....thats why i got the idea..and they fit ..ime no rookie at this and i like to live thats why i want a **** good gear case under me ...we all know what happens when they blow ..at speed..cheyney