proboat recoil 26 strut upgrade.

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  • urbs00007
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2011
    • 826

    #1

    proboat recoil 26 strut upgrade.

    looking to upgrade my strut on my recoil 26 as I have to buy new strut because they dont sell just the bushing and the one in it lasted about 4 runs ( greased normally) OSE sells a .150 flex to 3/16" stub shaft. the cable in the boat measures .146". am I correct in assuming that that is a .150" cable? I would like to replace strut with a speedmaster brass bushing strut.
  • CraigP
    Fast Electric Addict!
    • May 2017
    • 1464

    #2
    A slightly undersized 0.150" shaft. 4mm is 0.157", so it's not that. The floating bushing seems to last, but it's the bushing in the strut that wears! I put the lead-teflon Bushings in my Speedmaster strut. At least they are easy to change...

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    • fweasel
      master of some
      • Jul 2016
      • 4282

      #3
      Kintec used to make an upgraded strut for the Shockwave26 that essentially was just that, an floating aquacraft brass bushing on a traditional sized propshaft. The issue with the inexpensive Proboat RTR boats are the stuffing tubes are aluminum and metric sizes. I tore it all out of the shockwave and installed a standard sized K&S brass tube that ran all the way through the strut, a floating aquacraft bushing and a .150 flex shaft. I never had an issue after that.
      Vac-U-Tug Jr (13mph)

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      • urbs00007
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2011
        • 826

        #4
        proboat recoil

        Originally posted by CraigP
        A slightly undersized 0.150" shaft. 4mm is 0.157", so it's not that. The floating bushing seems to last, but it's the bushing in the strut that wears! I put the lead-teflon Bushings in my Speedmaster strut. At least they are easy to change...
        the flex cable is .146. the shaft is .192. I want to get the .150" cable to .187. shaft. will the .150" cable fit the recoil coupler?

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        • CraigP
          Fast Electric Addict!
          • May 2017
          • 1464

          #5
          It should, you can always spread the fingers slightly on the coupler... Its only 0.004". So those parts should work in your boat.

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          • CraigP
            Fast Electric Addict!
            • May 2017
            • 1464

            #6
            Originally posted by fweasel
            Kintec used to make an upgraded strut for the Shockwave26 that essentially was just that, an floating aquacraft brass bushing on a traditional sized propshaft. The issue with the inexpensive Proboat RTR boats are the stuffing tubes are aluminum and metric sizes. I tore it all out of the shockwave and installed a standard sized K&S brass tube that ran all the way through the strut, a floating aquacraft bushing and a .150 flex shaft. I never had an issue after that.
            That's a good plan...

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