Zippkits Tugster, Инструкция по сборке

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Once you get the hole through you can chuck
your bit in a drill and clean up the hole from
outside the boat..
Push the 6 inch shaft tube in place through the
hull bottom. Be careful as the shaft tube will
easily bend.
Don’t bend the shaft tube in any way…
With the tube in place through bulkheads 5 and
4, slip the keel onto the shaft tube to check the
fit of the keel against the hull bottom.
Grab the 1/8 stainless steel shaft and press on
the plastic prop to one end.
The easiest way to do this is to lay the prop on
the bench (with the little groove facing up) and
tap the stainless shaft into it.
Slide this shaft into the shaft tube and
occasionally check to be sure that it spins
easily.
You may find that as you push the keel against
the hull, the shaft will start to bind.
To fix this, use a small round file to open up the
hole in the bottom until it doesn’t bind.
If all is okay, remove the keel and tube.
If using the shaft oiler, now is the time to test fit
it onto the shaft tube. It should slide onto the
tube with some resistance, but should not be
hard to push on. Use your 5/32 drill bit to ream
the hole if needed.
Rough up the outside of the shaft tube with 80
grit paper and glue it into the keel so that about
1/16 inch is protruding from the rear.