SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
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SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Yeah.....not a happy moment in time. Muddy, unfamiliar water.....unseen submerged boulder.....combined together, equals very bad juju....and now my prop looks like its been thru a blender. Was lucky to even make it back to the launch. By some miraculous grace of the fish Gods, my skeg avoided impact and is OK, not sure how, but I am thankful for that at least. Which brings me to my question! What do y'all think would be my best bet for replacement, on a 90 horse Evinrude E-tec? Something stainless surely, might as well replace it the right way since I have to do so....any particular brand or model I should be looking into? Thanks for the help, to any who can offer some...
Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Wow man sorry to hear that but glad your okay.
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Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Hey thanks goldrod, I'm good to go, wasn't flying when it happened, was no danger to my person...just sux I'm gonna have to shell out money for a new prop..money that could have been better spent on more tackle
Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Was it a ss prop? Send it to mark croxton. I seen him fix some real nasty props. As for a small outboard like that I have no recommendation in pitch but rakers are very good props
Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Your lucky you didn't damage the lower unit or drive shaft. You got off pretty cheap considering the amount of damage that could have taken place.
Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Be sure to check shaft to see if it might be bend.
Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
What size prop was the damaged one? If aluminum, then remember that when changing to a S/S prop, you should increase the prop by 1" to 2". What boat is the E Tec sitting on ?
Renegade or Raker would be a good replacement.
Shame, not a nice way to start the year.
Renegade or Raker would be a good replacement.
Shame, not a nice way to start the year.
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Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Take it to a prop guy. You'd be amazed at what they can fix. Aluminum is an easy fix, SS is harder but still doable (more expensive). I went to a Laser II SS from Aluminum and am quite happy.
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Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
This is really important!!! Though the lower unit may have avoided a direct impact if there's that much damage to your prop, you probably bent the prop shaft. Unattended, left to wobble and vibrate, your lower unit will blow-up one day.BigG wrote:Be sure to check shaft to see if it might be bend.
Get it checked just to be safe. A couple of thou won't be visible to the naked eye but is enough to create a much more expensive repair down the road.
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Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Like you don't have enough Tackle already!!CALL ME RIFLE wrote:..money that could have been better spent on more tackle
Sometimes I forget this is TT
I'll echo these comments, better safe then sorry!Paul Shibata wrote:This is really important!!! Though the lower unit may have avoided a direct impact if there's that much damage to your prop, you probably bent the prop shaft. Unattended, left to wobble and vibrate, your lower unit will blow-up one day.BigG wrote:Be sure to check shaft to see if it might be bend.
Get it checked just to be safe. A couple of thou won't be visible to the naked eye but is enough to create a much more expensive repair down the road.
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Re: SO, I trashed my prop yesterday
Thanks for the comments guys, always appreciated...Had it replaced quite awhile ago, but in honesty did not ask the mechanic to check the shaft. Had a garbage year of fishing, barely got out at all, death in the family and a bunch of other stuff that put fishing way on the back burner...I think I took the boat out two or three times after that, and it seemed to run well...have to take it for some work soon anyway, so I will take y'all's advice and have things checked out thoroughly while its at the shop...