Boats For Sale:
Drive Shaft TIR Tool |
Post Reply 
|
| Author | |
8122pbrainard 
Grand Poobah 
Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41045 |
 Post Options
 Thanks(0)
 Quote Reply
 Topic: Drive Shaft TIR ToolPosted: May-29-2018 at 6:33am |
|
Dave,
As long as there isn't any movement between the boat and floor, your method will work. I use an indicator with flex arms and then clamp it to the strut and have the prop removed.. The .003 is good. |
|
 |
|
|
davidg
Grand Poobah
Joined: January-07-2008 Location: NW Chicagoland Status: Offline Points: 2239 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: May-29-2018 at 12:46am |
|
I have the boat in dry dock (my garage), and am doing some pre-season maintenace on it. I have been curious about my drive shaft and whether it is bent or not.
So, to check it while it was in the boat, I went to Harbor Freight, and bought a TIR tool for $16. Came home and rigged up a little device all held in place with my table vice to see if the shaft was straight or not. It worked very well. It gave me a reading of ~.003" from 0 on the dial. So, I think it is in spec. I used a wooden dowl rod that I used my Dremel tool to carve out a concave on the end as a place for the threaded area of the shaft to ride on while checking. It all worked very well. Not sure if this is a proper way to do this procedure or not, but, I wanted to check to see if it was at least in the ballpark. 
|
|
|
|
|
Post Reply
|
|
Tweet
|
| Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |
Topic Options