Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Directions please on how to remove and correctly pound out a bent blade on a SS prop?
mounted on a Yamaha OB
Thanks
Evan

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

You can't do it "correctly" without the blocks for the prop.

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

I'm going to do it anyway, so please help me out.

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Just get a 4x4 and a big azz hammer and pound that beeotch until it looks good!!!! It aint rocket science. ;) :evilb: :evilb: :drink:


...the real trick is to buff it when you're done. That's what makes 'em look so good.

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

The most difficult part is mounting the prop so it can be worked. Typically if it's not worked on a block it is mounted to a very heavy steel table. After it's firmly mounted use a couple of hammers and start working the prop till it looks right. You can get pretty close just by eye balling it. Steel hammers will leave dings in stainless steel. Then start sanding it with progressivly finer sand paper, buff it up and you are good to go.

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Or send it to Julie @ Throttle -up, they did a prop for me last year and I gartuee it looks better than yours. :-)

J/K, I just wanted a chance to plug the good folks at Throttle up.

Mike

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Dings in props usually translate to bends in prop shafts that should most times are not visually detectable. You should have your lower unit checked out.

Begin by running a TIR (total indicator runout) on your propr shaft. If you do not know how to do one this would be a good time to learn. A TIRis real simple and can be performed right on the boat.

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Now that is determination! :D:D:D

Roby

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

i think we have all been there :drink:

Re: Bent Blades? Home repair How to?
 

Phone # for throttle up please?