Got a quote to inspect and straighten 2" shafts at (EDIT) $44 a foot. My shafts are about 10 feet, so $440 per shaft. Plus another fee to install and true up coupling. Done at shaft/prop/strut specialty shop, so I presume good quality work.
Does this sound like the going rate? What would a new 2"x10foot Aquamat22 shafts cost with machining?
Using my redneck V-blocks and a cheap dial-indicator, the shafts seemed pretty damn true.
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04-16-2020 10:11 PM #1Senior Member
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Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
Last edited by krush; 04-16-2020 at 11:33 PM. Reason: error
FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
I'm going to guess two grand. At least. I'm interested to see how close I get.
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04-16-2020 11:24 PM #3Senior Member
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Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
Did you mean $44.00 per foot? $4.40 per foot would only be $44.00 for 10' shaft.
https://www.deepblueyachtsupply.com/aqualoy-22-shaft
$2,432.54 per 10' x 2" shaftPrometheus
1978 53' MY Hull #529
Viera, FL
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04-16-2020 11:35 PM #4Senior Member
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Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381
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04-17-2020 08:23 AM #5
Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
An engineer with poor math skills. I'm scared.
2 shafts 2" x 11 foot and 2 props were $10k or there about last time I ordered them. He chose the veem conquest props which are pretty smooth.Scott
41C117 "Hattatude"
Port Canaveral Florida.
Marine Electronics and Electrical Products Distributor.
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Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
The price per foot for repair sounds a bit odd since they don’t know how bad they will be. Not sure what the cost should be as I ve never had to get any repaired.
I paid $2900 for each new 1 piece shaft on my 53, 2” but around 20’ Long using AQ22HS.
If they are true and you don’t have vibrations why bother with repairing ? What I would do is magnaflux the area around the key. Two years ago I had a prop fly off a 3 1/2” shaft after it cracked. Turned out the other one was cracked tooPascal
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1970 53 MY #325 Cummins 6CTAs
2014 26' gaff rigged sloop
2007 Sandbarhopper 13
12' Westphal Cat boat
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04-17-2020 08:52 AM #7Senior Member
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05-05-2020 09:19 AM #8Senior Member
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Re: Price to straighten shafts, new shafts ?
I ended up getting shafts straightened and coupling face turned. The measurement sheet they gave me showed 0.013" and 0.015" run-out at the taper on each respective shaft. Who knows, but all the stuff was there and I am doing a ton of work. I'll never really know if it will make her run smoother or not.
I also had struts bored out to 2 5/8" to be normal ID for cutlass bearings. For some reason, they were 2 9/16" (boat was repowered and shaft size increased to 2"). No clue why they bored to 2 9/16", which was a big surprise when I removed the old bearings.FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381