I have been unable to obtain a spare bottom coil rod for my Troy X3/X5 and learnt that the Minelab Sovereign coil shaft fits the Troy upper stem.
A second-hand Minelab shaft was located and the following describes the modification.
It was a five minute conversion, the gap between coil lugs is 19mm.
I removed the teardrop washer from one side of the rod and surformed and filed that side only, down to 19mm (perfect fit, without force).
It was not necessary to replace the washer, one is perfectly adequate.
fitted coil with new nylon bolt and thumbscrew.
I'm chuffed! works great!
Chris
A second-hand Minelab shaft was located and the following describes the modification.
It was a five minute conversion, the gap between coil lugs is 19mm.
I removed the teardrop washer from one side of the rod and surformed and filed that side only, down to 19mm (perfect fit, without force).
It was not necessary to replace the washer, one is perfectly adequate.
fitted coil with new nylon bolt and thumbscrew.
I'm chuffed! works great!
Chris
...................H.H..........Gil
