shaft/strut needed for 65 Barracuda
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Topic: shaft/strut needed for 65 Barracuda
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Subject: shaft/strut needed for 65 Barracuda
Date Posted: September-05-2012 at 10:24pm
| I am in need of a shaft and strut for my 65 Barracuda. Does anybody have them or know where to get them? Thanks. |
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Posted By: 65 'cuda
Date Posted: September-05-2012 at 11:10pm
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Where are you in Ohio? ------------- Gary http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=941" rel="nofollow - 1965 Barracuda SS |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-06-2012 at 12:37pm
| Cincinnati |
Posted By: 65 'cuda
Date Posted: September-06-2012 at 8:15pm
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I'm in Loveland, try General Propeller for your shaft and Nautique Parts for your strut. Where do you boat? ------------- Gary http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=941" rel="nofollow - 1965 Barracuda SS |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-07-2012 at 1:11am
| Thank you very much. I will try them. Usually I go to East Fork or the river. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: September-09-2012 at 3:00pm
J, What happened? Have you looked into straightening the strut and prop shaft? If the strut isn't bad to the point where it does need straightening, consider shimming it. How about some pictures of the damage? I'm of course assuming you had some underwater damage??? ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
65Barracuda wrote:Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 2:38am
| Let a buddy use the boat. Yeah, I know. He hit the bottom hard. Shaft and strut bent pretty bad. I seriously doubt they could be straightened. I was told by one of my boat guys that it will weakin it if straightened. I did find the strut at Correct Craft. They have 2 of them. They are also making the shaft for me. From what I can tell the prices for these are really good as anybody I have talked with says so and nobody has been able to beat it. General Prop could do both but were a little higher. I like the fact that they are genuine CC parts. Having prop redone by a local company now. Thanks. |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 3:30am
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I was also shocked that CC had a strut for their 65. I think it is really cool that they did. They have also been exceptional working with me on this. They have responded to all my emails very quickly. A lot of confidence with buying these parts from them as they are the experts. They built it! They have all the specs on file. I did get an estimate of $600-$700 to repair the fiberglass. The holes where the strut mounts are large enough to put your finger through from age and hits on the bottom. I was told by the other boat guy that it sounded about right. Seems high to me for such a small area but I do not know anything about fiberglass reapair. Is the price low, high, or about right? Thanks. |
Posted By: sam57
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 1:39pm
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What length is your shaft? I have a used one from a Tique that is 24 inches long for $75 Sam |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 1:59pm
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Sam, 24" isn't right. 16' mustangs, skiers and tiques used 40" shafts (1" diam). Pretty sure barracudas used 41". ------------- |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 4:15pm
| $75 would be awesome but he is right. CC said it is a 41/1. What is on there now is a 40 so my guess is it was replaced at one time perhaps with one from a mustang |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: September-11-2012 at 5:44pm
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Although 41" is probably what the factory installed, excessive strut to prop clearance isn't good either. You just need enough room to get the prop installed, plus a puller (1/4"). If a 40" shaft gives you that, that's what I would install. ------------- |
Posted By: sam57
Date Posted: September-14-2012 at 4:55am
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Sorry guys, I must have had a senior moment, TRbenj is right! the shaft out of the Tique is 40 inches not the 24 inches I stated. I sold it yesterday, all 40 inches of it. It had been for sale for a year and a half, somebody should have bought it sooner. Sam |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: September-14-2012 at 11:44am
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The shafts on a Barracuda and Classic are pretty long, much longer than they are suupposed to be if your only looking to have 1/2" between the strut and prop. We just put an ARE shaft in our Cuda and it measured 39.7", but the AREs measure differently than the old style shafts. A 40" ARE is going to be 1.5"-2" shorter than a 40" single taper as far as where the prop goes in relation to the strut. A 40" single taper will fit a Barracuda with about 1.5"-2" between the prop and strut, at least on ours. The original shaft was even longer than that. We have not run the Cuda with the shaft set up correctly, so don't know if there will be any noticable difference. |
Posted By: 62 wood
Date Posted: September-14-2012 at 4:13pm
Post some pics of the damage... ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1117&sort=&pagenum=6" rel="nofollow - 64 American Skier 62 Classic.. 73 Ski Nautique |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-24-2012 at 11:52pm
| Thanks for the great info. Your redone Mustang looks amazing. Have fun with it. |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-24-2012 at 11:56pm
| Oh well. I missed out by a couple of days. Go figure since you have had it for sale for 18 months. If I would have gotten with you just a short time ago and knowing it was a 40" not something less, I would have been all over it. |
Posted By: 65Barracuda
Date Posted: September-25-2012 at 12:07am
| I do not have any pics and right now it is at his shop but the repair is a 12" x 6" rectangle where the strut bolts to the hull. I brought the boat down south recently as I travel for work so I don't know any guys like I do up north who can do it on the cheap. I know he is comparable to other shops in the area but I hate to pay retail and considering he probably pays his guy $15 per hour and it is about a 1 day job is annoying. I felt it important to get this done quickly so I do not cause damage to the motor or the transmission and being off the water these last couple of weeks is hard because the weather is awesome. Again, the cost of this is wearing on me as I know under slightly different circumstances, I could get this glass repair done a lot cheaper. |
Posted By: nautique frk
Date Posted: September-25-2012 at 2:35am
| I posted a guide for Struts, Rudders and shafts from the factory that should help |
Posted By: sam57
Date Posted: September-25-2012 at 6:03pm
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I have two longer 1" single taper shafts that you could have shortened and a new key-way cut in. I can't imagine a small machine shop charging more than $50 or so to do the job. It beats the hell out of $500 for a new one. Sam |