How to Install a Stuffing Tube in Your RC Boat

Installing a stuffing tube in any boat is very important part of your building process. Done correctly you’re rewarded with a free running drive line with the least amount of friction thus maximizing your motors potential. Also included in this “how to” is my modification of a Warehouse Hobbies strut. These struts were designed to use a 1/8″ stub shaft and .098 flex cable which really isn’t suited to higher powered motors we have today. What we want is to run a .130 flex cable and 3/16″ shaft so a new bearing cartridge is in order, this is an easy modification and I’ll show you how I do it.
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