SportMaster vs TorqueMaster...Internals????

[white03]

Hey guys,

I have an insurance claim pending and need a quick answer if anybody out there knows.

Currently I have a Sprotmaster with a fat shaft that threw a blade and messed up the case in the process, dealing with insurance now to replace it.

In the past I had a JC coned TorqueMaster that performed very good, and in fact at high speeds I thought better than the SM does...but this isn't about performance.

The issue I am concerned with is durability, and I'm trying to decide if, when the insurance pays off, I should go buy another SM or go back to a coned TM. The deciding factor to me is the internals of a SM vs a TM.

I've been told or heard that the TM has the same internals as the SM. Is that true?? or does the SM have heavier duty internals than the TM???

Thanx guys

Bill

[transomstand]

Inside, they are the same

[patchesII]

Like Transomstand said. Internally they're the same case

[TEXAS20225]

Ditto :iagree::iagree::iagree: I have mercury Midas electronic parts Catalog that all mercury Dealers have they call it Mercnet these days though, the part numbers are the exact same .My own preference i like the Torquemaster coned in every aspect from top speed to handling:cheers::cheers:im running one on my Bullet, just did one for my Bud TDub for his 280 Allison and we keep a couple for spares

[white03]

Thanx guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I knew ya'll would know..:)

[Da Bull]

I perfer the sporty case dew to the thicker bolt up flange at the top. My bud has a touque master with a cone and it broke in that area most likely because of a surfacing engine hight. Had it repaired twice with no luck so he is now going to a sportmaster case.
Compare yours at the top where the bolts go through to see the diff.

DB

[Dave Strong]

I thought sportmasters used 2 driveshaft bearings, vs 1 on a torquemaster?


Dave

[TEXAS20225]

they do!!! part numbers it the same mercury use's a special spacer that takes the place of the lower drive shaft bearing i have two left and i never ever sell them

[TEXAS20225]

Bull yes its thicker and i have broken plenty of fishing motor cases surfacing the wheel but never a torquemaster not saying they wont cause nothing is Bullet proof i also have a way to repair these that they dont break again i been running one since 1997 off and on just never like the sporty or cle on My V bottoms( they break around the anode area i have a great fix for it )