Revolt flex shaft problem

[rogley]

Has anybody had a problem with there revolt breaking there flex shafts.
I have broken 3 and I see no problems with the drive unit or tube.

[martin]

How much gap do you have between the drive dog & the strut.

[siberianhusky]

Where are they breaking? Near the stub shaft or farther up towards the motor?
I haven't heard of many issues, I don't own a Revolt, I have 3 other AQ boats though, was thinking about one until I got a good deal on another boat.
A young guy around here has one, nice running boat, don't think he has had any problems yet.
I'm a big fan of Hughy flexes, been using them for years in electric and nitro boats. Replaced the original in my Motley with a Hughy, that one did have issues with the flex cable in the first releases.

[rogley]

I have been keeping a little over 3/16 of an inch gap. They are breaking right where the flex goes into the prop shaft.

[martin]

I take it you have checked the alignment of the tube & the coupling, also is the coupling running true.

[jfrancisco892]

Get a Hughey. Make life easy

[rogley]

How good are a hughey and where do you get one? What makes them better?

[Darin Jordan]

Is the motor mount moving around and allowing the flexshaft to rub against the brass stuffing tube?? Is there teflon between the shaft and the brass??

[Rumdog]

Is it a stock setup?

[Doby]

Are they breaking , or coming apart due to poor soldering from the factory?

I just had a brand new AQ SV-27 cable go on me after 1 minute, when I got it back to shore, the flex had come out of the shaft.

[rogley]

Yes I am running a stock set up.
Darin the stuffing tube is stock. The Teflon liner is still in the tube.
Like I said before all three cables broke right where the flex meets the prop shaft.

[rogley]

Hello Doby
All three cables are all the same size. I don't see any solder. They look like they twisted out of the prop shaft

[Doby]

Ah ha! Probably poorly manufactured. It happens.

If thats the case, they can be cleaned and re-soldered...thats what I have to do with mine.

[rogley]

Hello Doby
The problem with that is the props and prop shaft are on the bottom of the lake.

[eboeske]

My opinion is that's not the proplem only because one of the flex shafts was mine i ran it 10- 15 runs in my boat with no issues when we put it in his revolt 2 seconds and it was gone. Something else going on here. Not to mention an expensive issue when you calculate the cost of 3 sharpened and balanced props and the flex cables.