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Question about a bent prop shaft
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<blockquote data-quote="Charger25" data-source="post: 287244" data-attributes="member: 9620"><p>If he knows his stuff, yes a good machinist can get it straighter. I bent a shaft on a 6 hp rude once, took the shaft out and took it to the shop where I used to work. A bud of mine put it in the lathe and found that it was 112 ths. out of round. He then took an oxyacetylene torch with a small tip which produced a VERY small & thin flame. He then heated certain sections which caused the shaft to bend the in the direction needed . In all it took about an hour or so of doing that to get the shaft to less than 3 ths out of round. I reassembled it all and never had any leaks from the seals. The boat ran true and I ran it like that for 3 more years till I sold it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charger25, post: 287244, member: 9620"] If he knows his stuff, yes a good machinist can get it straighter. I bent a shaft on a 6 hp rude once, took the shaft out and took it to the shop where I used to work. A bud of mine put it in the lathe and found that it was 112 ths. out of round. He then took an oxyacetylene torch with a small tip which produced a VERY small & thin flame. He then heated certain sections which caused the shaft to bend the in the direction needed . In all it took about an hour or so of doing that to get the shaft to less than 3 ths out of round. I reassembled it all and never had any leaks from the seals. The boat ran true and I ran it like that for 3 more years till I sold it. [/QUOTE]
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