Chad Hill - SS Upper Shaft(Bravo)
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I have (2) emails and (2) vmails into Chad Hill with no response, I would strongly suggest that if anyone else does a gimbal repair either buy the SS upper shaft from Ron Bender or plan on doing some machine work to get Chad Hills parts to fit.
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Yea, Chad and his dad are both selling on ebay. His dad used to sell props on ebay. I had one of his props and you could see that the rake changed between the blades. I traded it away for a Spinelli (!!!). Sucker. Anyways, if you have been in boating for a while you would know that both Chad and Ron have a reputation for misleading people. I don't think they ever ripped people off, they just have a different way of marketing themselves and their product. Back when they were building props they arguing that one company was better than another. It was all over the bulletin boards and their websites. It was a great falicy because it turned out they were talking about them selves! It was the same company.
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Thank you for the good and bad remarks. I am Chad Hill of Hill Marine. My main job is teaching 7th grade pre algebra. On the down times, I race boats, build propellers and drive parts and for the last 18 months remodeling my house. But, excuses are like you know what!!! If anyone on this page has a problem with one of our early drive parts send it to me and I will replace it at no charge. I do admit some of our early products had clearance issues.
Last: our swivel shafts now have the extra hole for the grease.
You can email me direct at [email protected]
Last: our swivel shafts now have the extra hole for the grease.
You can email me direct at [email protected]
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Thank you for the good and bad remarks. I am Chad Hill of Hill Marine. My main job is teaching 7th grade pre algebra. On the down times, I race boats, build propellers and drive parts and for the last 18 months remodeling my house. But, excuses are like you know what!!! If anyone on this page has a problem with one of our early drive parts send it to me and I will replace it at no charge. I do admit some of our early products had clearance issues.
Last: our swivel shafts now have the extra hole for the grease.
You can email me direct at [email protected]
Last: our swivel shafts now have the extra hole for the grease.
You can email me direct at [email protected]
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I am out of the SS bell housings for two more weeks. Email me direct and I will make you a great deal. As for Not Right, the swivel in the picture was from a batch that cost me a quite a bit of money in shipping. Send it back to me and I will send you our new ones with the grease hole in them.
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Chad, Please give me your contact info as I would like to speak with you about a prop you made me a few years ago. I need to step up some on sizes and was hoping you could guide me in the right direction.
Thanks
Dan Thomas
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Dan Thomas
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I heard at one point Max Marine was buying the stainless gimball rings and straightening them out/re-machining them BUT the price for one that is perfect was like 1500$
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I have used Imcos ring, helmet, pins, etc.. they all fit together perfectly right out of the box. No need to screw around machining anything.