Calling BBlades- great day til this
10-10-2010 | 08:28 AM
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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
10-10-2010 | 01:01 PM
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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
http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/z...%20ZR/prop.jpg
10-10-2010 | 07:12 PM
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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?
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