The Scorpion HK-4035 motors are built with 8mm hardened steel shafts that
will last through countless hours of flying fun, but occasionally, on a "Less
than Perfect" landing, you may bend or break one. For these occasions, we offer
factory repalcement shafts for all the HK-4035 series Scorpion Helicopter
Motors. Our Motor Shaft Kits include an original equipment factory shaft with
the setscrew keyways already cut, a new spacer washer, and a set of 2 retaining
clips. This way, when one goes flying and bounces off the wall while you are
trying to install it, never to be found again, you still have another one to
use!
The shaft for the HK-4035 series motors measures 8mm in diameter,
and is 86mm in long. The pinion end of this shaft is ground down to 6mm to allow
the user to install 6mm pinion gears. The shaft kit will also fit other
brushless motors that require a 5mm shaft of this length. The shafts can be cut
shorter with a Dremel tool and a cut-off wheel if necessary to fit other
motors.
Note: The shafts in the Scorpion motors are a
slight press fit into the aluminum front housing. The shafts will not just slide
out when the setscrews are removed. They need to be pressed out in a bearing
press, or in a drill press, with the front houshing of the motor supported in a
block of wood to prevent warping the front housing.