Need Ideas how to use XLT lower rod on E Trac?

[utahshovelhead]

Hi folks,
I have an extra rod for my Whites XLT but need one for the Etrac with a 14inch Excellorator Coil. Prob is that the E uses square rods and the XLT uses round rods. There is a wait to get the lower rod right now so I was wondering if any of you know of a mod or some other way to put this together.

thanks for any suggestions,
utahshovelhead

 

[Keith Southern]

Find out the inside diameter of the E-trac middle rod and then then find a square rod at a metal supply house/ace hardware? that will go inside the E-Trac middle tube... you will only need maybe a couple of inches then slide the round pole inside this piece use a couple of counter sunk screw to hold the square tubing in place over the outside of the round pole then insert into the E-Trac middle shaft ...

Might work ???

Never know till you try!

Good luck

Keith Southern

 

[utahshovelhead]

Thanks for that suggestion Keith. I will give it a try.
does anyone know of any other machines that use square lower rods that might fit the Minelab?
thanks.

 

[Steve(MS)]

If the XLT shaft will fit snuggly up in the etrac upper, you could
just eyeball it to get the coil straight and tighten the lock.
I have a lower carbon fiber for XS and it only has about an inch?
that is square on the end so the point I am making is
a round rod will fit snuggly up in the square rod upper and if you
can find one, it might work ok?
I don't know this to be the case but if it is, I wouldn't worry about
the square part on the end.
There might be a problem though with how to get the coil wire
through the inside of the lower rod.

 

[utahshovelhead]

thanks I am giving that a try tommorow.