On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:17:04 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

Hi, Bruce, and thanks for the research.

The prices are right at half of what we'd pay here.

Even though I'm not going to be using that (I believe that I have the cause
of the midshaft whip identified and resolved), I'm curious. Are these
stainless? I didn't search for anything else due to my experience with the
standard ones (pix at the current end of shaft gallery in the 2011 refit),
but if not, that could account for the sharp price difference.

L8R

Skip


As the guy I talked to didn't have stock I didn't enquire as to the
material but I would guess not stainless. As to a requirement for
stainless.... what is your engine made from?

As for shaft whip. If the shaft is actually straight and is accurately
aligned and the stern bearing is even reasonably effective there
should be no flex in the shaft. My present boat has nearly ten feet of
unsupported shaft between the stuffing box and the stern bearings with
no flexing.


Cheers,

Bruce