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Old 11-19-2006, 09:32 PM
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I recently bought my current boat and was looking at the prop today. By clamping an allen wrench to the splash plate and turning the prop I noticed that there is about an 1/8th of an inch difference front and back between the blades on my 4 blade Bravo prop.
Is this far enough off to be a problem? The prop seems to perform fine as far as RPM goes but the top speed and cruising speed seems slower than it should be.
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What you measured is not unusual for a stock cast prop. If you are satisfied with the performance and don't notice unusual or excessive vibration it should be fine the way it is.
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This would qualify for " how bent is bent "
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Ouch!

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This would have been the first season I made it though without the props being trashed, it happened on my last time before storing it ! @#$% &%*$
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