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    Default Who cuts midsections

    I have a 90 yamaha that I want to get cut down to a 15". Anybody know who does this and how much?
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    Default choping a tower housing

    if tower has much taper in its length when you take out 3 or4 inches it dose not fit back to gether very good hear is a 15 horse evinrude we did cut it into with a band saw put it in a milling machine made both side flat and true then sent to welder cost a bout 250.00
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    Default cut midsection

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    Default And Shafts?

    On shafts that have a smaller mid section than splined end, like my Johnson, what is the best way to shorten the shaft? Welding? Pinning? Squaring and adding a coupler? Something else?
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    Default Well, We've Used A Socket for A Coupler

    We have cut one end square, and the other five sided, then we get a socket wrench that fits the square, and the five sided on the other. Like a half inch SNAP ON socket...

    Socket size depends on the shaft sizes, of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Hill View Post
    We have cut one end square, and the other five sided, ..
    I think you meant to say; ' square on one end, six side on the other',
    so a 1/2" drive/six point 1/2" socket would fit.
    I wonder if the black impact sockets would be better for this,
    than the shiny chrome ones???

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    Default Shows I Really Don't Do The Work...

    I'm an "IDEA" man.....Thanks, Brian, for correcting me....six sides , five sides....There is a difference, but we don't use the 12 point socket, only the six, seems stronger.
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    Bill Curtis uses a craftsman deep socket and cuts the square end off Makes both ends six sided
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    Default Great

    Great. Thanks. Sorry but that leads me to another question. Since the thin section of the shaft is .500" and the larger sections are .625" would I want to cut at the lower transition (arrow in pic) and make the four sided end on the .500" and the six sided end on the .625"? With a six sided deep socket I guess I would have to stick to the .500" section just above the lower transition? I know Craftsman also makes 1/2 in drive sockets for 1/2 in (and larger) square nuts. . .

    I will be shortening the shaft approx. 5 inches. Thanks again for the info. Dave
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