Bent, then broke skeg

ZINCINS

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May 2, 2007
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Just picked up my 75 starcraft 22 ft. holiday 140 merc i/o alpha out drive. From the marina. skeg was bent on lower unit they claim they did not do it. any ways,I tried to straighten it with heat and hammer and of course i broke it off. Now there is a 2 inch protrusion on the front side and the back half is flush with the bootom of the lower unit.Question one.what would happen if i ran it like it is. can i have it fixed with out replaceing the lower unit. Thank you for any and all advice. first timer to this site.
 

freelunch

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Re: Bent, then broke skeg

Why in the world are you posting twice...
 

superpop

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Re: Bent, then broke skeg

I had a few nicks in my skeg and the Skeg guard worked great. it is pretty stout and I would trust it to save my prop. Depends on how often and hard you hit stuff the skeg guard is designed to shear off if you hit something to hard.
 
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