Flex shaft very HOT!!!!

[tlandauer]

That looks fab!

[Basstronics]

Why cant you just heat it up and align it?

Torch works best.

[tlandauer]

I am not ready to tackle this, since i am not running into any issues at the moment. My guess is that if I were to do it I am going to do the way Chief did, and I will be uncomfortable to use the existing solder left over in the stub shaft, i like to clean it out and completely redo it. But I see what you mean and if solder does not degrade over multiple heat-ups then I guess it is ok.

[tlandauer]

@ Basstronics, my bad, if you were responding to orginal OP, didn't mean to hyjack your response! Sorry...

[BHChieftain]

Hi
To clarify, you'll need clean solder-- you would clean the new flex, sand it a bit if needed (which also helps clean it) and "tin" the flex with solder. Then hold it against the propshaft as you heat the shaft-- this will remelt the fresh solder and allow the cable to slide into the shaft.

Chief

[tlandauer]

Thanks Chief, that really helps to clear my concept, much appreciated.

[banixj]

It's too difficult for me to solder by myself.... i haven't the flame solder so it's impossible...

so i've ordered a new shaft to Tenshock Europe, telling them my problem....... i hope it will be good...
I've to solve that problem in short time because i've to go on holidays at the end of july with my boats!
...and in september i've the SAW race...

[banixj]

On mine, the flexshaft was factory soldered into the propshaft. I used a solder gun (140W), but you could use a standard 40-80W soldering iron wilth a large tip on the end, or a torch to heat up the prop shaft. Then the flex shaft should fall right out. You could either loctite a new flex cable into the shaft, or solder it again. The best tool for cutting the flexshaft is a dremel tool with a cutting wheel.

My orignial plan was to simply replace the entire flexshaft with a standard OSE propshaft, but the tenshock was metric and used metric bearings in the metric strut (which was a tube attached to the stuffing tube), so I would have had to rebult the entire back end...

I used a .150 cable actually-- I might have had to sand it down a bit to fit into the propshaft.

Here's a pic of mine:


Chief

Dear Chief, how i can pull out the "gold cap" next to the thread for the prop?

Today i've installed a new good tenshock shaft and now everything is ok!
But i want to purchase a spare shaft to have a good replace...
So i need the gold cap for the new shaft....
Can you help me to use the cap on the new shaft?

[bigwaveohs]

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