When I did my repower the gears were out of the boat and I thought there would be no need to touch them. They only had 1900 hrs, and TD is almost forever, right? Well, the screens had some debris in them. With everything else in the boat new or recon I then decided to have the gears rebuilt.
Cost was $7200 for the pair including pick up and delivery back to the yard in Port Townsend. Five years ago. Done by a guy in the Seattle area who worked from home but had a good rep. Despite the low hours the internals were not in good shape. We suspect the PO, or more likely his dumb-ass sons, had the habit of quickly changing from forward to reverse at raised rpm.
Although TD say it isn't necessary I always change gear at idle, and try to have a pause in neutral on the way through.
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Brian
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