Tore up a drive today....
 

My skeg was showing the ravages of the years, so I got a new merc skeg and had it welded on. Then the new skeg decided to peel off the lower. I was in deep water, didnt hit anything. I was lumpy and I was getting a bit of air, then it felt like somebody hit the brakes. Took out a new prop, took a few chunks out of the lower and cavitation plate and put 2 cracks in the rear of the bullet. looks like I'm going shorty shopping this winter.

So much for fixing a working drive.....

Sounds like a bad welding job.

Chicken chit somebody slid through .

piks...

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Looks like a lack of penetration from those pics . Nice beads but he didn't weld anything .

I'd be giving the welder the repair bill.

Second that no penetration most likely not enough heat. See it all the time with light material welders claiming they can weld on heavy equipment.

OUCH!!! Can you say Preheat!

it is best to have skegs rewelded not from straight cuts but cut outs like shark teeth marks ( VVV ) if you have room below the bullet to make V cuts and weld that up to the matched V cuts in the skeg.. It makes for a lot stronger repair plus easier to make the skeg straight when welding the repair..

VVV
VVV

Not
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If I lost anyone I can send pics as to what I'm talking about so you can post them up here. .

That sucks