significant damage ? bent bravo blade
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significant damage ? bent bravo blade
noticed this today on my labbed 32 , I knocked a chunk out of my skeg a few weeks back , didn't realize I bent a blade, should I be ok to run it for the rest of the season? don't really want down time at this point, 1st pic is what it should look like
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I would tend to say no In my opinion. You will have some vibration which would not be good for wear. I am not the expert but I have bent a blade and the vibration was pretty obvious. Yours does not look too bad.
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good luck
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I've done it.. To a prop that looks a lot worse. I bent the tip of one blade to almost a 90* angle.. The prop shaft was bent as well. I heated up the blade and beat it back into a shape that somewhat resembled what it used to be... Got thru the weekend with it. Granted, I was running a stock 496 Mag and knew the lower was toast anyway (bent prop shaft).... So seeing it was the holiday weekend...... I only ran the boat hard enuff to get on plane and maintain planning speed.
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I would not run that prop in that condition. You may not feel the vibration but it's probably there and could affect the rest of the drive train and then you'll really be unhappy. If it's bent, it could also be weakened and you run the risk of the throwing the blade too..
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"It's broke. How long can I drive it until it really breaks ?" Is what I get asked all the time at work. I will not answer that question in any other fashion then "We can remedy the first sentence. Not the second. You are here (or calling) for a reason."