Like the title states, anyone ever done this? I was out this weekend and went to drop my ultrex all the way down, but then the shaft of the mega 360 was sticking up to high and not letting my ultrex turn. Is this an easy thing to do?
Like the title states, anyone ever done this? I was out this weekend and went to drop my ultrex all the way down, but then the shaft of the mega 360 was sticking up to high and not letting my ultrex turn. Is this an easy thing to do?
Yes, I protected the cables with 3/8” aluminum edging and cut it shorter length-wise to remove the shaft using a Dremel thin cut-off wheel.
Do a site search about it, I am not home to attach a photo of it.
Last edited by Wayne P.; 05-31-2022 at 05:15 PM.
Wayne Purdum
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not that tough. I also used a small piece of aluminum to protect the wires and cut shaft with a hack saw.
I used Wayne's channel method and chopped about 6 inches off mine. Hardest part for me was getting the grommet pushed back in the top. There's also some YouTube vids out there as well. Just be sure to measure 5 times before you cut so you take off the right amount. You will also want to know where your normal waterline is on the TM as this will be super helpful when measuring.
'05 Stratos 200 ProXL, '05 Evinrude 225HO
I used Wayne's method too. Looks way better in my opinion. I think I took off around 5" - 6".
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Ott defoe has a YouTube video showing how to do it.
Thanks guys. I watched some youtube video's on it. I just need to go pick up some aluminum channel and a dremel!
Someone told me it voids the warranty. Is that true? Also said that one of those stabilizers voids it also, not sure though.
Yes and yesOriginally Posted by mkm
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Thanks, I would like to shorten the shaft but being mine has had the head replaced after 3 hrs of use, I think I'll hold off.
Well now im not to sure if I should do it or not. It would be my luck I would go to shorten it and then a warranty issue come up later.
Warranty is a concern, as I'm all but certain it will void itMine had just ran out, so I went for it.
'05 Stratos 200 ProXL, '05 Evinrude 225HO
There are some other threads on this topic with some good instructions and pictures. You may want to do some searching in this forum.
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