.187 flex shaft problem...

[Stephavee]

So I made the jump to go with the .187 HD flex shaft and it seems like without the Teflon liner it will be too loose. Is this ok?

[kfxguy]

Yes. You could use a strut bushing at the end to center it if you wanted to. You don't have to be I recommend it.

[Stephavee]

You don't have any problems with vibration or wiping of the flex shaft? I will try to dig up a bushing of some sort...I was just wondering how you keep the water out and the grease in? Post pictures of your impulse 31's with the .187 flex shafts installed.

[Stephavee]

So nobody has any pictures....

[wiljm]

I've had this setup for 2+ years. I do not have issues with water leakage as long as I frequently grease the thing. It does make a lot of noise, but it runs great.

[kfxguy]

So nobody has any pictures....

Sold mine. What I do is make a 1" long bushing out of brass that slips over the flex with no slack. Then solder it in the end of your stuffing tube or use loctite or permatex sleeve retainer.

[T.S.Davis]

More importantly is that the shaft is under sized. I had trouble getting my coupler to hold when I got one like that. Had a heck of a time figuring out what was wrong with it.

[kfxguy]

More importantly is that the shaft is under sized. I had trouble getting my coupler to hold when I got one like that. Had a heck of a time figuring out what was wrong with it.

O dang. Didn't see the shaft measurement. Not good! It might be ok in low power situations, anything other than that it's probably gonna slip.

[ray schrauwen]

Most 3/16 flex cable will not measure 0.1875". its usually under by a few thousandths.

[T.S.Davis]

Ray, remember that P Wildthing I used to run? Kept spinning the shafts in it. That was the problem.