Cutting a Flex Shaft. Need advice

[Wade]

Purchased a Upgraded "exact replacment" for the UL-1. Obviously it is not a direct replcement and needs to be cut. Need advice on the best way to do this...never done one before. Cable cutter?

Picture is how much i need to cut.

P.S. Also need to know how close should the brass tubing be to the collet?

[Basstronics]

How much gap on the other end?

Best way to cut it and is the only way. Dremel tool with cutoff disk.

[driftah]

then resolder the tip to prevent unwinding lol.and if you are cutting check with the collet on it to se how much to cut.I like to leave a 1/8 inch gap at the stinger end to allow for the flex winding up a tad and make sure to cut in small increments otherwise u will end up too short with an unuseable cable.measure thrice cut once heh u as well can never have too much in the collet end as well fyi,I butt it right in there until it bottoms out.

[jamespl]

I recently cut my first flex. I used my dads angle grinder, taking it slowly and twisting the flex then when it was cut I put the flex at a 45deg angle to seal the sides so to speak. Shouldn't need soldering that way and it's holding up ok at the mo.

[sanyijr]

Wade,

My guess is your motor mount is reversed from stock, making it shorter (closer to the back)...

But to cut, like above mentioned, dremel. Cut in the direction of the winding. Otherwise, it can fray or unwind the flex a little. It makes life just a bit easier.

[longballlumber]

There is some good information on how to correctly cut and set up a new flex shaft into a boat. This was done on my MC, but the process could be applied to any boat that needs a new flex.

Flex shaft procedure starts at post #17

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...n-my-Crew-Hull


Later,
Mike

[brushlessfreak]

I cut mine with side cutters"dykes"and then i put a heavy duty cutting wheel on my dremel and i grind the sides of the flex where i cut it to smooth out and kind of seal the metal.i use the top of the cutting disc as my grinding wheel,im sure there are a million different methods.i like to solder the end of my flex's to give the motor coupler something to bite on ,but you can use the white permatex thread sealant and rub it on the end of cable about 1/2 inch down to seal the end of cable and prevent fray.both methods work well as long as you thoroughly clean the cable end first with 91%alcohol then scuff it with sand paper and clean again.if you want instructions on a fool proof solder method that is so simple and quick let me know.good luck

[dana]

you need a 3/16 between the drive dog and strut.