Okay guys, I am a jetboat guy trying to help a buddy(recently converted v-driver) with his new to him sanger. When he bought the boat he was told buy the previous owner that it was going to be needing a new prop shaft and a good looking over. Well, yesterday we started taking stuff apart and they were f*cking nickles between the prop shaft and the other shaft it butts up to(sorry but I don't know what the other shaft is called) WTF is that all about??? I have seen some shade tree shit in my days but that just didn't look right. As far as the pro shaft deal goes, can I just have a machinist make a new one going off of the old shaft or should I order a new shaft from a v-drive place? Also, how can I tell if the whirl-away is in good shape and is it serviable? What else should we be looking at on this deal? Oh yeah, it's a Casale box.
I use quarters personally, but their normal, used to move the prop back to help control the attitude of the boat.