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Annealing shaft tube for easier bending. Just
heat until color changes.
Measuring depth of shaft tube in strut.
Shaft tube with smooth bend.
Remove the rudder.
Set the hull on a FLAT table or bench.
Adjust the strut so that the bottom of the
transom is 7/8 inch off the bench.
The strut should be flat on the bench.
Tighten the strut.
Install the engine, and make the shaft tube
from a piece of 5/16 brass tubing.
Slip the 36 Inch long shaft tube into the
stuffing tube until it hits the collet.
Mark the outside of the tube where the
stuffing tube ends.
Remove the shaft tube and heat the area
around the mark with a torch, until it
changes color. This will anneal the brass
tubing, making it soft, and easy to bend.
Only heat an area about 1 inch on either
side of your mark.
After it cools, carefully bend the tube about
½ inch below your mark.
Slip the tube back in to the stuffing tube
and continue to bend it to meet the strut.
You want one smooth bend, then a parallel
run to the strut.
Mark the front of the strut, the cut ½ inch
longer, to go into the strut.
Deburr the end of the shaft tube, unbolt the
strut from the transom, and slip the strut
onto the tube.
Don’t loosen the strut adjustment, just
unbolt it.
Mark the front of the shaft tube, about ¼
inch from the collet.
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