Found one at my LHS- Shaft coupler will not loosen grip on flex!

[stadiumyamaha]

Mine was also very hard to get out. The flex is not tinned and is unwinding from the factory.

[skyword]

IMG_0042.jpgIMG_0040.jpgIMG_0043.jpgIMG_0070.jpgRan again today! Slightly choppy. Handled great! Fun-Fun!
Had a near miss with a Dog! A guy was throwing a decoy out for his dog to retrieve and I didn't see him untill I passed between the dog and the decoy! Probably missed the dog by 4 or 5 ft. I felt bad but the guy threw the thing into the middle of the pond and he had to have seen me as I had been running for a min or 2.
Signage at the pond says dogs must be on a 6 ft leash!

[tlandauer]

Glad you are having a great time. Is that aProboat PT-109? Wish I grabed one while it was availeble. That guy really should paid attention to the rules and be more respectful of what other people are doing.

[skyword]

Had to throw in a pic of my brothers PT 109, (previous reply) Its a Dumas kit. the old 48' one. It's nice.

I have a question! I have seven runs on my Revolt and its been great fun. Running it stock with two 7.4 volt 30c Gens Ace 5300 mah batts.
Question is do I need to oil the bearings on the motor or not? I have been trying to find a answer on the web but can't seem to find a straight one. Some say yes, some say no because you will wash out the grease that is in them! On my other RTR by a diff. manufacturer the motor bearings look sealed. On the Revolt they do not! Any help and insight on the oiling/maintenance of this motor will be aprieciated!
The manual does say to clean and oil!
Thanks,
JJ

[tlandauer]

That Dumas kit is really nice! Love it!
Here is what I think: periodic oiling of the bearings is good, I do it every now and then. Use good quality oil, I emptied an oiler with a long metal needle ( blunt tip of course). Filled it with Mobil-1 Syn. oil. ( 10w-30, what I use for my car). I put a drop or two on the rear bearing ( not the one at the collet end) and tilt the boat so the rear of the motor is facing the sky, turn the shaft by hand until the oil has disppeared. Do the same on the other end, here is where the needle comes in handy, you can pin point it around the collet and still drop the oil on the bearing, tilt the boat so the bow is pointing the floor.Turn the shaft. I do this when I pull the flex out, it is just easier that way. On these AQ 6-pole motors it is hard to crank by hand, put I never run the motor on batteries because the high RPM will just fling the oil off.

[rotax583]

just received my new revolt ran it for two runs saturday wow I love it took out sunday runs awesome figured I should probably grease the shaft went to pull out after loosening the collet it was stuck good also tried turning it clockwise like said in your thread still wont go so I decided to take the prop off and pull out other side a little to actually be able to see inside the coller ,after i removed the motor I pulled the prop off the set screw wasnt in the macine slot it was actually inside the brass bushing the dog wore into the bushing wrecked that not good looked inside the collet I pulled the cable up to the bend the cable is unwound inside the coller still wont come out now I will have to cut off will aquacraft go good for all of this I am pretty bummed out I have two ul1s and never had any problems I never had to call them before so I was wondering do they stand behind their products? I love the boat but I spent a good chunk of change on this and dont want to spend that much more.