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.
proboat recoil 26 strut upgrade.
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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... -
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)Comment
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proboat recoil
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?Comment
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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.Comment
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