Should I choose to swap gears in my ‘17 Scorpion DC from the 6 gear to either a 7 or 8 gear. Does anyone know which gears would be compatible to upgrade to MM gears?

The one I can think of is 22 SLX DC XT. It shares the same frame but with MM gears. But I haven't done the gear swap, so this is just guessing. 17 Scorpion DC already has a non-MM 7.1 gear set, and I don't find the MM gears necessary TBH.

I can’t find replacement gears for the 2017 scorpion DC to make the one I currently have 7.1 gear set. I have the 6.3 gear set at the moment so I was thinking I’d have to go MM going forward for a replacement.

I have an SLX DC XT here and I was thinking of trying a swap later today. Wasn’t sure if there was any other gears that work that would be easier to get locally instead of ordering over seas at the moment

Do you own a caliper? If so, measure all of the dimensions of the original set, then those of the slx you have before winging it.

6 hours ago, MiceNReets said:

I can’t find replacement gears for the 2017 scorpion DC to make the one I currently have 7.1 gear set. I have the 6.3 gear set at the moment so I was thinking I’d have to go MM going forward for a replacement.

I have an SLX DC XT here and I was thinking of trying a swap later today. Wasn’t sure if there was any other gears that work that would be easier to get locally instead of ordering over seas at the moment

I replaced the original gear set of my 17 Scorpion DC from 7.1 to 6.3 years ago, 17 Scorpion DC share internal parts with Curado I series, let me know if MM gear set conversion works, I thought about doing this a while back but 17 Scorpion DC lacks second handle shaft bearing (above the AR-B) got me worried.

On 4/15/2026 at 2:21 PM, PhishLI said:

Do you own a caliper? If so, measure all of the dimensions of the original set, then those of the slx you have before winging it.

I don’t. But I can probably get one to check.

On 4/15/2026 at 5:15 PM, T2DM said:

I replaced the original gear set of my 17 Scorpion DC from 7.1 to 6.3 years ago, 17 Scorpion DC share internal parts with Curado I series, let me know if MM gear set conversion works, I thought about doing this a while back but 17 Scorpion DC lacks second handle shaft bearing (above the AR-B) got me worried.

I haven’t had a second to sit down and check this out however, during my search I found a forum topic about the same thing on another site and they did say the Curado 70K MGL MM gear set was a good match. So I might look into that route and see how it goes. I have to drop off a bantam to Shimano locally so I’ll see if I can buy the parts at the same time.