Hey guys thanks alot for you guys help on last post.<br /><br /> I got a new prop now. my skeg broke off and when i make a turn the boat feels like it is sliding (like on mud) I dont know if the skeg has someting to do with it or not.
Had and old Johnson 115 with a broken skeg, actually it pretty much had no skeg, and that thing would slide out of control if you turned just a little too sharp, almost through me out of the boat the first time it happened. Depending on how much of it is gone, it's not that big of a fix, most marine stores will sell a replacement skeg, then you just have to get it welded on.
Breaking a skeg off in that manner put's a lot of strain on every thing, gearcase, exhaust hous. Engine mounts, steering bracket, and mounting brackets. The boat transom wound'nt like that either. I would look that engine, and boat over very carefully. You could have trouble snapping drive shaft's down the line, as I would think the exhaust hous. could very well be sprung.
