Driveshaft Fix??

[sledhead69]

Hello all! I also have a 2013 pro with all of about .2 miles. so far so good haha. Anyway, after reading all the posts about the issues with the driveshaft i checked mine and everything looks good. Glue is hard and from what i can tell no wobble.

Anyway, as for the fix, wouldn't the easiest solution be to take it someplace (or do it yourself) and just get the cap welded on to the shaft? Has anyone tried this? To me, that seems alot easier and cheaper than a $100 clamp that really doesnt look like it would do anything. Input please!!

Thanks!

 

[nuggetau]

Hello all! I also have a 2013 pro with all of about .2 miles. so far so good haha. Anyway, after reading all the posts about the issues with the driveshaft i checked mine and everything looks good. Glue is hard and from what i can tell no wobble.

Anyway, as for the fix, wouldn't the easiest solution be to take it someplace (or do it yourself) and just get the cap welded on to the shaft? Has anyone tried this? To me, that seems alot easier and cheaper than a $100 clamp that really doesnt look like it would do anything. Input please!!

Thanks!

 

[Deucer]

I have welded lots of Aluminum parts. Crank cases, outboard motor skags, props, ect.
I have not gotten a good look at a shaft from a 13 but it looks like a cast Aluminium hub glued into an extruded aluminium tube. Cast can be a real bugger to weld. The glue behind the area to weld would be melting and gassing off and would contaminate the weld pool.

If it was all taken apart, glue removed, and welded, It might hold, but I don't think so.
Not much material in the joint between the hub and the tube. Poor design if you ask me. If the hub longer and was pressed into the tube about 1.5 inches and then welded, it may have a chance.

Also, I would charge considerably more than $100 to take on this type of work. Remove the cap, grind out the clue, fill the groove with weld, machine it flat, press it in, weld it, send it out, have it fail, PO'd customer.

No thanks.

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[rmscustom]

FOR THE 47TH TIME, STEEL HUB ALUMINUM SHAFT, good luck.

 

[cb2honk]

DELETE PLZ!!

 

[Deucer]

FOR THE 47TH TIME, STEEL HUB ALUMINUM SHAFT, good luck.

Sorry. I have only seen the pictures here and have not spent the time to read all the posts. The pictures looked like a steel splined stub shaft, cast into an aluminum hub and then glued into the extruded tube.

Steel to Aluminum. No way.

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[friscospices.com]

I want cb2honk to be the official delete post moderator!

 

[cb2honk]

HAHA!! That would be fun!

 

[snowmobiler]

gramma gave him green for saying please and thanks