Banged up prop

Chomper · #1 08-02-2009, 10:13 AM

Hey guys need some advice. I banged up my prop a bit coming in at low tide yesterday and I was wondering if I could still run it that way it is or if I should just get another one. I am just running out to live line and slow troll. The one blade is bent some but the rest just got chipped.

tsubaki · #2 08-02-2009, 10:25 AM

Get a new one and look around to see what it costs to straighten that one out (if possible) and use as a spare.

Skools Out · #3 08-02-2009, 01:29 PM

get a stainless one this go around

THEFERMANATOR · #4 08-02-2009, 02:49 PM

Shoot, I've run em missing 2 blades before just to get in. I wouldn't run it on plane, but for trolling you would be fine.

Chomper · #5 08-02-2009, 04:16 PM

Thanks guys, I would like to go with stainless but I have been stocking up on trolling gear and I don't think my pocketbook can handle a new stainless this year.

Stillrunning · #6 08-04-2009, 09:13 AM

I just had one done and they charged me $75 and I would not run on that prop as its not good for the gears. I think a bent prop is one of those things that some people can get away without ever fixing and some people pay the price for not getting it fixed.

nymack66 · #7 08-04-2009, 12:57 PM

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

Stillrunning · #8 08-04-2009, 02:32 PM

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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 · #9 08-05-2009, 07:52 AM

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 · #10 08-05-2009, 11:37 AM

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.