Sullivan starter shaft

[davec_7]

Hi Guys,
Does anybody know where I can get a replacement Shaft with 6mm Hex Ball for S613 Helicopter starter. I can only find the complete starter unit (this is the red one) but it retails at over £100. All I need is the shaft itself as mine has now rounded off.
Thanks
Dave

[jayfrs]

Could you not buy a half decent long shaft 6mm Allen key with or with out ball on the end of it? I know the Sullivan shaft is a rod with a ball on the end but do you know any one that could turn the top end down for you so it will sit in the holder??

[davec_7]

The problem is, the end that goes into the holder is a larger diameter than the rest of the shaft and also it is a precision ground diameter which fits into the one way bearing. I have a lathe myself and since my original post I have ordered a good quality 6mm ball end allen key. I'm going to part it off and use a tap to create an internal thread on one piece and a die to put an external thread on the other. Hopefully this should work, but ideally I would like to use the correct Sullivan shaft. Thank you for our reply.

[hedge]

i have never had a problem (past 5 years) running a solid shaft through my dynatron, all the helis I have had have a one way in the clutch - engines I've used OS, 36,50,55,90,105, all the long term flyers I know have one way bearing starter shafts, but I've yet to meet a heli that needs it and for the cost £6 vs £100 I know where I wold prefer to send my savings

[Malc1]

The whole unit including the clutch is listed on the Sullivan Products in the USA website and is megger bucks.
S613 – Helicopter Extension Wand – Sullivan

Just the shaft doesn’t seem to be there now but I have had two from them over the years after dropping an email to their customer service department.
One I didn’t even pay for as they replaced it free of charge after admitting that a batch had been made of too soft a material.
I just sent them over some photos of the rounded off end of the shaft with the message.

[nickwap]

I have the same starter, I also had the same problem, Sullivan wouldn't even talk (email back ) to me so I got a Pal with a Lathe to turn me up a small aluminium adapter to fit a the Imperial shaft one end and an Align shaft the other, I then cut the 'old' shaft and fitted an Align shaft, this has worked for years.

Nick

[Ryan-Henson]

I have the same starter, I also had the same problem, Sullivan wouldn't even talk (email back ) to me so I got a Pal with a Lathe to turn me up a small aluminium adapter to fit a the Imperial shaft one end and an Align shaft the other, I then cut the 'old' shaft and fitted an Align shaft, this has worked for years.

Nick

Good idea!
Im in the same boat, although I don't have a lathe, best I could do is weld one to another, but I know I would never get it aligned properly. So it is an expensive piece of junk now.