Banged up prop

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by nymack66

I have a 14 x 19 stainless make me an offer and its yours ...

I'm intrested in that but I'm not sure what size prop is on my boat.

[RABBITFISH]

A bent or damaged prop, even if it just a little dinged may be out of balance...Running out of balance stresses the lower unit propshaft wearing the seals and bearings, a little at a time, until one day it won't work right any more, the shop advises a rebuild or complete lower unit........=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$
Fix the small stuff before it can become the big stuff......Most of the Propeller shops that I deal with have an abundant supply of used and re-built stainless props at fraction of the cost of new, and they will allow some swap back and forth until you get one that fits for you...Repairs on a dinged up stainless are relativly inexpensive and if done by a good shop will perform like new......

Never tust you life, or your boat,to second class equipment if you can avoid it...

[boatnluvr]

Had it been stainless, then he'd be replacing more than a prop. My theory has always been to stay aluminum if I am running in shallows or rocky areas.

[nipper]

I have heard that too Boatnluvr. Aluminum will give whereas stainless will not as easily. Thus, with aluminum you get a severely boogered prop if you hit something, but less (if any) damage to the gearcase.

[RABBITFISH]

Do you guys hit a lot of rocks in your area?

[Chomper]

No, it is not normally rocky but I found the one rock that was there.

That's my Luck.

[bassarama]

Stainless for me as well.

I've dented my SS prop a few times, nothing major just a few dents here and there. An aluminum prop would have been destroyed or badly damaged like that one.

[Blu_Lunch]

I did a bit of roto-tilling with a 19p stainless on our Sea Ray it cost 150 to repair it............