Hello all,
I have have a problem with a brass drive shaft slipping, as it rotates on a motor shaft. This is for the twin motor cylinder of my new Papa class boat. I made the cylinder myself and made this brass shaft machined up to extend from the motor shaft out through the seals and then the coupling to the prop shafts. Initially I used Loctite but just recently the shaft started slipping on the motor. I pulled it apart and ground a flat section at the end of the shaft that buts up against the motor. I then drilled a tiny hole into the flat and attempted to drill a similar hole in the flat of the motor shaft. I couldn’t drill, the motor shaft steel just won’t budge , as I thought maybe I could insert a tiny pin through the holes in both shafts. No luck so I applied more loctite. It’s started slipping again. Aargh!!!
This afternoon I thought, how about trying to solder both together. I tried and tried and it held for a while then.....
does anybody have have any Suggestions?
David H
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