🙋 WANTED Straight Shaft wanted

[penzfan]

Looking for a 39-42" long straight shaft to fit an Excaliber Blue.

Prefer a rubber grip as opposed to the foam grip.

Either Aluminum or Carbon Fiber.

Thanks for looking...

 

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[penzfan]

Still looking...

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

They can be found in most marine stores, you can use the aluminum handles for deck brooms that are sold....

You can take your lower shaft in if you want to check the fit...

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[TheSleeper]

If you know anyone that builds or repairs the folding canopies for boats, the aluminum tubing they use is the exact same size you need. I found a tattered canopy for sale and bought it for the tubing, now I have enuf for a couple more incase I break one or buy another excel. The handle, you can buy from a bicycle shop, save yourself a lot of money. Hardest part is the twist lock, I removed the one from my old S shaft and used it. Been working for years no problem.

You can also make one from the hardware store, the gray semi-rigid plastic tubing used in houses, (not the thin walled stuff)there is a size that you can get (you will have to ream it slightly for the lower shaft to fit) its thick walled (1/8") grab a T then a reducer then a short smaller in diameter piece for the arm cuff to fit and it works ok. I ended up epoxying an oak dowel rod into the lower portion to make it more rigid. This was one of my experiments, I wanted to keep any and all metal away from the coil, including the upper shaft.

 

[penzfan]

Thanks TH and TS