hot rodding your ol Mirage drive

[svendawg]

Originally Posted by Bcrossb

Hi, did the upgrade. I also beach recover. I guess I sat on the beach a little bit too long. Filled everything up with sand. Got home, did a real through job washing with the hose. Was not satisfied, so took them to Dana landing, and worked them off the dock. They came good as new.
And there is, for me, a noticeable difference.
I just think you have to spend a little more time cleaning them, if like me, you hang out beached too long. Next time I will pull them while still in clean water. Hope this helps.
Bob

I would be curious to know how much sand, if any is now in the bearings. I think the grease used for lubrication is going to attract and hold sand no matter how much you rinse it out. I hope I wrong because I want to upgrade, but I waiting until I hear how the bearings hold up with the sand issue. Looking forward to hearing from those that have the GT drive

[mrJB]

Per Matt Miller of Hobie Cat:

"Just some WD40 from time to time is all that is needed. Same as standard MirageDrive maintenance."

And so, let the debate begin...

[Iceman]

The Wd40 is regular maintenance just a corrosion inhibitor, you can use Salt X or silicone spray, the grease is only applied on the rebuild.

BTW, I got in more of these components Drums, sprockets and idler pulleys.