Shaft savers

[Doug Ashby]

Anybody have a source for shaft savers? Some call them prop savers, or shaft collars...

 

[Ray Barnes]

Hey Doug, I found these, I'm not sure if it's the ones your looking for or not.

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti00...=LXD837&P=7

 

[hgatjens]

Anybody have a source for shaft savers? Some call them prop savers, or shaft collars...

About everything you need in the way of miscellaneous driveline hardware is here.

Prop Shop

Scroll down to the listings beginning with OCU for Octura.

 

[hgatjens]

Anybody have a source for shaft savers? Some call them prop savers, or shaft collars...

About everything you need in the way of miscellaneous driveline hardware is here.

Prop Shop

Scroll down to the listings beginning with OCU for Octura.

Also here on Ebay

Octura Collars

 

[tnrcboatracer]

Wouldn't these be the same as any 3/16" wheel collar (Dubro, etc)?

 

[Nigtmare]

I use, a piece of silicon tubing from the fuel line never failed. you only need about 1/4"

Nick

 

[hgatjens]

Wouldn't these be the same as any 3/16" wheel collar (Dubro, etc)?

I perfer the Octura ones as the are a little beefier and take a larger set screw. But, either will work.

 

[Doug Ashby]

Thanks everybody.

 

[tmunn]

Are you guys putting these on your flxi's between the collet and the stuffing tube.

Is there any vibration issues.

Terry

 

[Doug Ashby]

I put mine on the bottom, just before the strut.

Or I have another boat with a segment of the strut cut out, with just enough space for the collar.

 

[Mike Cathey]

If you go to the UNW website there is a link for Small Parts Inc. They have heavy duty collars already drilled for 8/32 set screws. They also have 1/8 x 8/32 stainless set screws-use them once and throw them away. They also have 4-40, stainless, cold rolled all-thread that is great stuff for making linkages and upright struts (they also have 5/32 alum. tubing that slips over the all-thread on an upright strut that gives them a very scale appearence). This stuff is way tougher than the 4-40 rod that Sullivan sells or the other junk you get in hobby shops.