Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:01 am
Bad deal......two questions.....
1. Can you give us an update? If fixed....who did it, how much did it set you back, turnaround time, and what'd they do (weld it versus new lower unit)
2. How did it happen?
My guess is running a sand bar.....prop would be damaged if it happened during transport.. .skeg looks to be ground down.
I promise.....no judgment zone....at least from myself since I've fukced up enough boats and motors in my day doing really dumb shit to never pass too much judgment on anyone for a boat mishap.
My prop guy in Brainerd pointed out to me when I had bought the wrong stainless prop and was dead set on going stainless,
"Maybe the manufacturer ships them out with aluminum for a reason....like having the prop break before a bunch of other more expensive shit does..."
He was right in my opinion, but it still didn't save me from bending my prop shaft after smoking a rock on the river, which set me back $1100 and a month off the water. I must have hit a rock that was like a cliff face by just clipping it perfectly where the prop nailed it straight out from the side because the skeg and rest of the lower unit didn't have a scratch on it. There's not much clearance on the side but that had to be what happened. My mechanic and myself were both perplexed at how an aluminum prop could take that bad of a blow without breaking a blade off and somehow still bend the prop shift....mechanic said it's the worst he's ever seen....never seen one as badly bent as mine.
Point of sharing that is I'm wondering if instead of stainless....you had aluminum on....if you'd simply be swapping out props versus welding back an entire skeg or possibly installing a new lower unit.
Regardless, I hope it got fixed fast, well, and cheap for your sake.
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