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Question guys who have put longer shafts on their trollers.
I have done this twice with two different trollers and have failed both times to get them to seal correctly at the shaft. The first one I did I used blue loctite on the threads just like the instructions said. first time out it got water in the head and smoked the armature. The second one I used 5 min two part epoxy from loctite as well, this one lasted most of a season but the first time out this year the bond broke and allowed the shaft to come loose from the head (again allowing water to get into the motor, have not yet assesed damage) and I have a new shaft on order to repair this one.
What have you guys had sucess with to seal and keep the threads tight on the saft to lower unit interface?
I have done this twice with two different trollers and have failed both times to get them to seal correctly at the shaft. The first one I did I used blue loctite on the threads just like the instructions said. first time out it got water in the head and smoked the armature. The second one I used 5 min two part epoxy from loctite as well, this one lasted most of a season but the first time out this year the bond broke and allowed the shaft to come loose from the head (again allowing water to get into the motor, have not yet assesed damage) and I have a new shaft on order to repair this one.
What have you guys had sucess with to seal and keep the threads tight on the saft to lower unit interface?