Hey y’all,
I bought an Axis aluminum mast thinking it was hollow inside and I could just route the motor cables inside the mast.
However, turns out that the mast has some material inside.
Does anyone have experience with routing cables inside the Axis mast?
Would be interested to hear some pro tips on how it can be done.
t-dub
They are plastic stoppers to prevent water going in the mast. Stuck with a bit of adhesive/ resin.
Either tap them out with a rod, or screw and pull.
Thanks! Appreciate the quick response.
Update: I got it done, but removing those glued in plastic parts from the inside of the mast was super hard and it took me a whole evening. Using a heat gun to soften the adhesive didn’t seem to help. Couldn’t tap them out. I ended up using a very long drill to drill many holes in the plastic and then tap out the broken up bits.
I ordered a metal bar and used a mallet. 2 minutes and mine were out.
Well done! I also used a metal rod with a hammer but didn’t have success that way.
Roughly how thick were the internal plugs of the axis mast?
Thinking about driving a screw threw them and trying to pull them out OR trying to hammer them out.
If I remember correctly maybe about 30mm thick.
For my other mast I got a metal bar that had roughly the size of the hollow mast area.
I heated up the area to weaken the adhesive and then used a hammer with the metal bar and that worked well.
Thanks for the tips.
For the heat, I imagine you used a heat gun? If so, did you find heating up the sides of the mast helped? Or did you apply the heat directly down the center channel?
Yes, I used a heat gun. I heated up the mast from the side and a bit through the channel.