What did you do to your boat today?

[fweasel]

I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.

I was just about to reply with that same advice. I suppose it was lucky the shaft sheared before the collet. Had the break occurred in the flex, the internal collateral damage could have been much worse.

[rol243]

can r/c boat bitz help with sss parts ?

[785boats]

I'm hoping to buy the rotor separately. I guess it would be wise to put a set of bearings in it too.

[rol243]

Paul, would you have to buy another motor or can you get the rotor seperate ?

[785boats]

He! He!
Yep. The hole & the cosmetics are simple enough But where do you get new rotors for a TFL SSS 4092 1650kv motor?

[rol243]

Paul, you only need a tub of builders bog and a vice to straighten up the flexshaft and a good 3 inch nail for the motor shaft fix. just joking mate.

[785boats]

Finally got around to removing the motor with the broken shaft out of one of my Sports hydros so repairs to the hull can begin.
She was speared through the belly by the sponson of another boat in a racing incident. The force snapped the motor shaft, mangled the flex cable, & bent the motor mount. Not to mention the gaping wound in the belly.
You can still see the broken shaft in the coupler.

[Beaux]

I swapped some batteries around from my Pirate to my DF 29. Got my Mean Machine 2 and two F1 boats ready to for Sat. morn. Fun Fun Fun.

[785boats]

Ran 2 boats for the first time in 1.5 years. It was great!

That is so good to hear Ray.

[Prodrvr]

Ran 2 boats for the first time in 1.5 years. It was great!

Wow, that's a hell of a stretch!!

[ray schrauwen]

Ran 2 boats for the first time in 1.5 years. It was great!

[fweasel]

Thanks! JB Weld is dry, cooling hoses are in.

[srislash]

Nice Ryan.

[Prodrvr]

You've got some skills man! That is one clean installation!

[fweasel]

I needed to add a second water outlet and knew I couldn't handle seeing two different kinds of hardware, so they had to match. I had a matching set, but the existing outlet was epoxied in place and wouldn't come out. Went hunting and found the same outlet on my Voracity. Pulled that one, drilled a new hole, and installed. Matching, nice. Hopefully the JB Weld is dry by tomorrow morning and I can test it out at the lake.

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