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I'm working on a 1/8 scale '91 Miss Madison ML Kit. I was looking at my Speedmaster strut upside down in the boat to see where I needed to reinforce the bottom and got to thinking, this ain't going to work. The Speedmaster setup wants the stuffing tube to go all the way through the strut. Since the strut also needs to go through the bottom of the hull, I don't see how I could ever assemble that without gluing in the stuffing tube after the strut is bolted into place. Doesn't sound right to me.
The other option is the stub shaft, feral and then flex shaft. I did one of those many years ago and dug of the boat to see what I did. I can't believe I did that, in a bad way... I have about four inches of Teflon tube between the feral and the brass stuffing tube. It worked, but that was pure luck and the boat was never raced. So, I could get the brass stuffing tube say 1/16" from the feral. That's not going to hold grease well.
Well, I could use some help.
The other option is the stub shaft, feral and then flex shaft. I did one of those many years ago and dug of the boat to see what I did. I can't believe I did that, in a bad way... I have about four inches of Teflon tube between the feral and the brass stuffing tube. It worked, but that was pure luck and the boat was never raced. So, I could get the brass stuffing tube say 1/16" from the feral. That's not going to hold grease well.
Well, I could use some help.