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Originally Posted by CigRunner38 (Post 3227119)

I do not think that is repairable. how would you duplicate the missing piece?

Generally what they do is weld a new piece of steel on, then work it down to the original shape. As Brad says though, it is at an area where it would probably happen again due to the stress on the weld. Anybody have a spare 34p Maximus they want to sell cheap, lol

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Originally Posted by GoFastScott (Post 3226934)

Great day on the water today, finally saw some performance boats off Lauderdale and Miami, had some fun with a couple of them! Water was perfect, watched a US Navy sub do some manuevers off Port Everglades, ran from Hillsboro to Port of Miami, back to Boca Inlet, back out to Hillsboro and down to Shooters for a late lunch. Felt something different after I came out of Boca Inlet, but it was very minor and more of just a "feeling" something was happening. Ran the rest of the day watching the gauges, got back to the marina, when it was on the lift looked at it and holy crap! Missing a 2 inch section of my starboard prop! Never felt like I hit anything, never really had a vibration, can't see where anything else was hit, could it be cavitation that caused this? Anybody know if it can be fixed, or will it have to be replaced? Guys at the marina said they can weld a piece on, then cut and lab it back but I have never heard of this being possible. Heres a link to the pic, if someone wants to post it feel free. Looking forward to you guys opinions!
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/z...%20ZR/prop.jpg

You didn't hit anything. Same thing happened to me twice.

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Originally Posted by Catmando (Post 3227167)

Julie@throttleup.

Julie said she does not work on Bravo stuff anymore as of about 2 years ago.

Garbage!! Had the same thing happen to me, fixed it and it broke off the second time out.

Looks like a great white:grinser010:

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Originally Posted by SDFever (Post 3227304)

Julie said she does not work on Bravo stuff anymore as of about 2 years ago.

Well then maybe Scott should buy HER props...

Grind the other two blades down to match that one and rebalance. Who knows maybe you are on to something !

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Originally Posted by SDFever (Post 3227304)

Julie said she does not work on Bravo stuff anymore as of about 2 years ago.

It was a 34p Maximus off an XR drive w sportsmaster lower, I have heard of this happening on some props before, anyone seen this happen regularly on Maximus? And could it have been caused by cavitation?