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Shaft play?

Nuke em said:
I have to extend mine out to the end. Flexing of the shaft starts about two inches below the control handle. Gonna do a Mod and place it on a plugger straight shaft.

Mines on an Anderson carbon fibre shaft .

Be warned , dont forget the hole you need for the little dimple that goes into the shaft to stop the handgrip sliding over . You will see when you take the control box off the stem .
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Picked up on that right away.
 
bigelow said:
Here is my issue https://youtu.be/jHk8f__3cXw
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My issue seems to be where the lower rod goes into the upper rod, (that camlock), and my twist is more pronounced.
 
Just for grins and giggles...pull the lower shaft out and look at the inside of the upper shaft. there should be a square piece of plastic in a square hole and it should rise and lower as you turn the cam knob. I bet you have done this, but I have seen these pads wear out. I do not know how they are held in place, it might be possible that it is missing.
 
Mine is Rock solid. Make sure it’s not to long. Like the Etrac... if you get it way out there it’s a buggy whip.
 
Working on my shaft play. The new spring pin locks are a type I have not seen until today. They are a coiled spring wire with a steel pin with a hole in it that the spring hold tight in the hole. On my setup, the pin is just over 001 smaller than the hole in the shaft. I replaced the original spring pin with a plastic one that I had made its diameter smaller as other steel and plastic pins are too large to fit into the shaft's holes. This took about 3/4 of the shaft play out of my unit.

Later today I will look at the plastic pressure pad that the cam lock pushes against the middle shaft. I think that the necked down end of the middle shaft results in less contact area than the union of the middle shaft and the lower shaft. Plus mine pressure pad is not a smooth surface - maybe an incomplete mold fill or maybe it should be a different material for contact with the powder coated middle shaft as apposed to the rough surface of the lower shaft.

More to come.
 
Well, first I took out the ML spring clip and measured the pin and hole. I thought a good tolerance of .001 was good, but it allowed slop.
I found a plastic spring pin and just a very little sanding brought it down to a line to line fit...SNUG.
That took up 75% of the shaft play which was not enough for my likes.

Next I tried to find another cam lock that would match the unusual shaft configuration ML used on the Equinox. They necked down the middle rod making the junction of both rods .875 inches. I could not locate any clamp that was to my likes.

To take up the rest of the shaft play I put about 2/3 turn of electrical tape on the necked down section where the friction pads pushes. This allowed the uneven surface of the pad to nest into the tape and that took up the last 25% of the play.

The picture shows:

left spring clip - the plastic spring clip that I had to sand of just a little bit of the pin's diameter.
right spring clip - Equinox spring clip. Note there is only a loose fit between the spring wire and the pin - sloppy fit at best

bottom - the necked down section of the middle shaft with a hard to see piece of electrical tap between the shaft's neck down area and the spring pin

Hope this may help someone. I do not know were I obtained the plastic spring pin, but I have seen them as replacements for pool cleaning equipment.
 
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Quick update on this. Jamie of Minelab provided top notch service regarding my shaft issues. She was quickly receptive with several e-mails and I also spoke to her by phone. It turns out that the cam locks on both the middle and upper shaft were not tightening properly, and both rods were replaced. Now the kicker....Minelab (Illinois) received my detector on Monday, March 12th, and I received the unit on my doorstep (in Pa), on Tuesday, March 13th. Yes, you read the correctly, the very next day!!!
 
Good to hear. All is well I assume ?

Ready to hit the beach ? If so, you are not allowed to use the CTX !
 
This is my first Minelab and I guess I got one of the bad ones. My lower rod wouldn't tighten when I put it together. I called Minelab and they had me send the entire detector back. Turn around time was quick at only 5 days but the lower rod is still loose. I can't stand that "clunk" on every swing. The electrical tape trick isn't working either.
 
My 800 has the same shaft play. Not as much as others have indicated but enough to make me order the CF shaft from Anderson through my dealer.
Best of luck everyone on this issue.
 
My 800 has a slight wobble/play in it every now and then.
 
I believe Anderson shafts are making them for the equinox as is plugger shafts... mine has a shaft wobble as well.. minelab wants me to ship the entire unit even the headphones just to get a new upper shaft with cam lock. Also need my arm cuff replaced since the foam padding is starting to peel right off... I have about 50 hours on the equinox so far..
 
Here's an update on my previous post. I managed to get the lower camlock tight using the Teflon tape trick. (7-10 turns around the shaft where the camlock pad makes contact). After a little use my upper camlock developed the wobble. Teflon tricked it next. The Teflon seems to last a full day of swinging (about 6-7 hours) before the wobble comes back....I gave up and ordered a Plugger shaft. I'm not packing up and sending the entire machine back for a second attempt.

garren said:
This is my first Minelab and I guess I got one of the bad ones. My lower rod wouldn't tighten when I put it together. I called Minelab and they had me send the entire detector back. Turn around time was quick at only 5 days but the lower rod is still loose. I can't stand that "clunk" on every swing. The electrical tape trick isn't working either.
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