Bent strut

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   Thanks for your help and hopefully I'll be back on the water soon, w/o the brother-in-law. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

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Naut4Kids Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: July-02-2009 Location: Alabama Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naut4Kids Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Bent strut Posted: July-02-2009 at 7:59pm
	Thanks for your help and hopefully I'll be back on the water soon, w/o the brother-in-law. I'll keep you posted on the progress.

SNobsessed Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: October-21-2007 Location: IA Status: Offline Points: 7102	Post Options Post Reply Quote SNobsessed Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-02-2009 at 11:03am
	SkiDim sells them specifically for Ski Nautiques. I had bought a new one just to eliminate the variable of repair distortion. I saved my old strut for backup, hopefully will never need it (like insurance). See this site post if you want to bend it back yourself: strut-straightening#145195 (I couldn't get the hyperlink function to work, sorry)
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8122pbrainard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045	Post Options Post Reply Quote 8122pbrainard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-02-2009 at 10:04am
	DW, You can get a new one or straighten the old. We have members who have done it themselves in a press or you can take it to a prop shop and they can do it. Be prepared for a strut/shaft/engine alignment. All the proceedures are her in the forums. A new strut can be found by doing a on line search for Buck Algonquin. New will require all the alignment too. Keep us posted if you run into any problem. BTW, keep your brother in law from getting behind the helm!!!
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Naut4Kids Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: July-02-2009 Location: Alabama Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naut4Kids Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: July-02-2009 at 5:44am
	My brother-in-law bent the strut on my 77'Nautique last weekend. I'm not sure what he hit or how fast he was going but it placed the shaft about 1" off center. He then tried making up for it by straightening it back with a hammer. Can anyone recommend where to find a used strut and what the angle & drop would be as all markings were obliterated. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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