Glue or Solder?

[Harold Thomas Jones]

I received my Octura flex cable and prop shaft today and curious which is the better way to join these together. On the Offshore Electrics website under the how to they recomend glueing the flex shaft into the prop shaft and the instructions that come with the flex cable say solder. I'll be running a 550 motor. Should I glue it or solder it? If glueing it would JB Weld work as well as the Locktite? Opinions welcome.

Offshore sell this cable and shaft already joined so I'm assumeing they used the glued method

Thank you in advance

 

[Harold Thomas Jones]

I decided to go with the solder method. I dug out my old and I do mean old heavy duty soldering iron, the kind not used for electronic work. I tinned the end of the cable then filled the hole in the stub shaft with solder the sweated the two together then dressed up the joint..... Harold

 

[John Knight]

Believe you will be happier with the solder method as it will be less chance for breakage at the joint and then dropping the prop in the water. Talk about a sick feeling!

 

[Harold Thomas Jones]

Here's a pic of the solder joint. Need a better camera to get better pics

 

[Zach Davis]

Here's a pic of the solder joint. Need a better camera to get better pics

http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/proddetai...=hug-e1067spRev These are the ones I like. Just have to make sure it is perfectly straight. I had one once I got from TLR and it was not true. It tore the strut apart on the first run. On the Hughey the drive dog is pinned in place also.

Zach