Here's What our Customers are Saying:
Christian Pauly
Germany
Absolutely no problems, and always the good feeling, that i dont have to worry about the splines any more. One day, we were going by engine against current and strong winds out of the "Stör lock", one of those moments, where you definitely dont want an engine failure. It felt really good. The engine runs a bit smoother at idle and at very low revs. It sounds "less hard, more - smooth is probably the best word i know". Apart that you dont feel a tremendous difference, but that was also not the main motivation. We did about 7hr on engine all in all so far, and i am absolutely happy. Thanks a lot ! And my compliments to the engineer for the technically convincing solution.
Matt
Osedax Diving Ltd.
My wife and I own a commercial dive and research vessel with twin Perkins and arneson surface drives.
We would go through a traditional damper plate on each gearbox every 1,000 hours or so. A friend recommended trying the Suredrive system. The port side worked so well for us, that we switched the starboard damper plate out within the year for a Suredrive as well.
There are over 2,000 hours on the 1st Suredrive we installed now with no sign of wear or tear. I pulled that gearbox out as it was chattering in neutral this summer, as I thought the elastomers were maybe worn. Turns out the elastomers were 99% brand new still. Chatter was from the bull gear with too low of an idle RPM, which Tibor from SureDrive helped troubleshoot.
We would not hesitate to recommend these units to anyone who doesn't want to pull out a gearbox every season.
Great company, awesome product, and amazing folks.
We would go through a traditional damper plate on each gearbox every 1,000 hours or so. A friend recommended trying the Suredrive system. The port side worked so well for us, that we switched the starboard damper plate out within the year for a Suredrive as well.
There are over 2,000 hours on the 1st Suredrive we installed now with no sign of wear or tear. I pulled that gearbox out as it was chattering in neutral this summer, as I thought the elastomers were maybe worn. Turns out the elastomers were 99% brand new still. Chatter was from the bull gear with too low of an idle RPM, which Tibor from SureDrive helped troubleshoot.
We would not hesitate to recommend these units to anyone who doesn't want to pull out a gearbox every season.
Great company, awesome product, and amazing folks.
Eric Boyum
www.oceanadventures.bc.ca
I am the owner operator of the 50’ charter boat, “Great Bear II”. We operate on the central and northern waters of the British Columbia coast. I went looking for a better solution to drive plate failures after losing one of my main engines for that exact reason. I found out about the Sure-Drive replacement and am I ever glad I did! The installation was easy and strait forward and support was immediate and just a phone call away when I had questions about my installation. I love the “ get home” capability of the driveplate even if the dampeners ever did fail. The shifting is much smoother and quieter. I have already recommended the SureDrive to a friend in the log salvage business and he is also impressed! mv. “Great Bear II”, twin 4-53 Detroit Diesel/ Borg Warner 72C, 3:1/ 28”x22” 3 blade.
Johnny's Machine Shop Ltd.
http://www.johnnysmachineshop.ca/
We have been using NextWave Marine Systems SureDrives for the past 3 years. Changed out many other problematic drive plate from commercial boats to the SureDrive. We have had zero problems or breakdowns since. It’s an excellent product and great service. Fast and friendly. I recommend their product to everyone I can!
Matt & Sally Westland
Tasmania, Australia
Nothing will strike more fear into a cruising sailor than thought of losing engine drive whilst cruising in a remote country. Once we realized this was our problem your Suredrive™ seemed the best way to go. It is an elegant solution and easily fitted. In fact I managed the job without needing to slip the boat. We have a Volvo 2003 with saildrive. We were impressed with the way you were able to organize delivery and payment easily. My high praise to your product which has enabled us to rely again on our engine.
Gene Maffucci
California
I installed my first SureDrive on a 3-53 Detroit Diesel approximately 30 years ago and never had to worry about it again. The drive that came with the engine was forever failing. The springs would constantly self-destruct. I repowered the boat last year with a new Cummins Diesel. When I removed the gear from the old engine the SureDrive was just like new! There was no doubt that I needed to get a new SureDrive to fit the new engine. I called Barbara and she expertly came up with a new drive to fit the Cummins engine. I wouldn't have anything else!
Charles Canby
Santa Clara Island, Avalon, California
I work as a port engineer for a large company on Santa Catalina Island that operates seven sight-seeing excursion and glass bottom boats that go through considerable wear and tear. The dampener plates on one boat (Detroit Diesel 3-53's with Borg Warner 71 C's) wore out in 700 hours and another boat (Detroit Diesel 4-71's with Borg Warner 72 CR's) wore in about 2500 hours. I was buying dampener plates four at a time! The Suredrive had two outstanding features that sold me. First, the Suredrive had rubber drive blocks as a replacement for the springs. Second, the spline portion of the Suredrive was designed to lock onto the teeth of the transmission. I was so impressed that I immediately purchased two Suredrives and have since bout two more.
David E. Hays
Ketchikan, Alaska
WOW!! What a difference --- I backed out of my slip as I'd done so many times before, shifted to neutral, cranked the wheel, and put her in forward.. Nothing Happened !!! I was about to go into panic mode, thinking I was going to crash into the row of boats behind me when I realized I was indeed moving forward.. It just happened without the customary -- clunk -- I was accustomed to.. Thank You for such an improvement.
Geoff Pratt
Aquabus Ferry Ltd
Vancouver, British Columbia
Here at Aquabus we are a continuous ferry service that is operating year round. We recently retired one of our engines with over 7,000 hours of service with the Suredrive system installed. Upon examination we saw that there was little to no wear on the Suredrive system. It has greatly increased service and reliability. We highly recommend Suredrive to anyone in the marine service world.
Tony Athens
www.sbmar.com
Suredrive™ offers a lifetime coupling based upon the proven RBD design, has just enough controlled “wind-up”, but is very limited in the selection of coupling it can replace. It is, hands down, the very BEST replacement for the VULKAN or “VL style couplings”. If you currently have a ZF 301C, 301 PL, 301A or ZF/IRM 301VLD or ZF302IV series marine transmission then the Suredrive™ is a true “Plug & Play” never think about it again replacement.
Mark
US Virgin Islands
3rd test was the charm. No smoke or vibration. Was able to take her out under power for 2 hours and no problems. Three days later motor sailed 4 hours and everything with the drive was normal I'm usually suspicious of things that fix themselves but I'm running with it. VERY happy with your product. Thank you for an affordable solution to what could have been an expensive problem.
Gregg Best
Better Fishing Company
About two years ago we repowered our prawn/crab vessel Silver Swift with a larger engine. We wanted to keep the same transmission but were challenged by the fact that the new engine would not mate to the transmission without an adaptor. Adaptors were hard to find and hard to get quickly and we were trying to get the vessel back out fishing as quickly as possible. We contacted Next Wave and they were able to build an adaptor with the sure-drive system and get us back out fishing within a week. We have been operating the vessel with no drive problems. We are very pleased with Next Wave for their interest and effort in this project. We also had some custom marine machining done by Next Wave that was flawless. Good People, Good Products.