NCtoad
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A lot of us nox users have some shaft wobble and slight rotation. The problem I think is twofold:
1) The holes in the outer shaft are slightly oversized for the metal button that fits in them. Thus the shaft will rotate maybe an eighth of a turn or less...at least on mine.
2) The cam locks don't grip the shaft tight enough. This is especially true for the lower shaft which is made out of plastic which I think "gives" when the pad from the camlock tightens down on it since it's plastic and not aluminum. My lower rod had the wobble and not the upper rod, but I did my fix to both.
My fix:
I took some 3M super 88 electrical tape which I had on hand and cut a .75" x .75" square of it. (it's already 3/4" wide so just cut a 3/4" long piece)
I then took a pair of tweezers and applied the tape to the pad on the camlock. The pad is the part that rises when the camlock is tightened to press against the inner tube and hold it tight. I then took my finger and pressed the tape tightly to the pad...it's ok if it sticks to the inside of the tube too...in other words it doesn't have to be exactly the same size as the pad. Then I put the tubes back together and when I tightened the camlock I could feel it really tighten up on the inner tube. No rotation or wobble now. Don't know how long it will last, but it's very easy and cheap to do it again if the tape starts to wear out.
1) The holes in the outer shaft are slightly oversized for the metal button that fits in them. Thus the shaft will rotate maybe an eighth of a turn or less...at least on mine.
2) The cam locks don't grip the shaft tight enough. This is especially true for the lower shaft which is made out of plastic which I think "gives" when the pad from the camlock tightens down on it since it's plastic and not aluminum. My lower rod had the wobble and not the upper rod, but I did my fix to both.
My fix:
I took some 3M super 88 electrical tape which I had on hand and cut a .75" x .75" square of it. (it's already 3/4" wide so just cut a 3/4" long piece)
I then took a pair of tweezers and applied the tape to the pad on the camlock. The pad is the part that rises when the camlock is tightened to press against the inner tube and hold it tight. I then took my finger and pressed the tape tightly to the pad...it's ok if it sticks to the inside of the tube too...in other words it doesn't have to be exactly the same size as the pad. Then I put the tubes back together and when I tightened the camlock I could feel it really tighten up on the inner tube. No rotation or wobble now. Don't know how long it will last, but it's very easy and cheap to do it again if the tape starts to wear out.
Or you could just buy a Garrett
