Stainless Prop Repair

[usmcdad]

Gentlemen:<br /><br />I made contact with an underwater object last weekend, and bent the tips of two of my prop blades. The damage is not serious, and I plan on using the prop for the rest of the season. The prop is a Mercruiser "High Five" Stainless. <br /><br />Can someone recommend an online shop that can repair this minor damage at a reasonable price?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />usmcdad

 

[Hooty]

Re: Stainless Prop Repair

Welcome aboard USMCDad and I'd bet you're a proud one as ya should be. I'm proud for ya.<br /><br />Here's a website that may be able ta help ya out, however, I'd recommend finding someone local. If ya don't know of anyone, ask around the marinas or boat ramps.<br /><br /> boatpropsareus <br /><br />Good luck & tell your son "thanks".<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[usmcdad]

Re: Stainless Prop Repair

Thanks Hooty.<br /><br />I'm here in Indianapolis, and Denny's Marina (Crownline dealer) quoted me $100-150 to do repair -which seems steep to me. As I said the damage is minor.<br /><br />Thanks for the reply.<br /><br />BTW, where is the best place to sell a boat ONLINE?<br /><br />Usmcdad

 

[rodbolt]

Re: Stainless Prop Repair

100 dollars to repair and rebalance a prop is entirly inline. and its a lot cheaper than destroying a gearcase due to a bad prop. if you think 100 bucks is an expensive repair wait until the lower units explodes. good luck but get it fixed before running it.

 

[WillyBWright]

Re: Stainless Prop Repair

In my experience, a bent stainless prop equals a bent propshaft. Better check that out, too.<br /><br />As for selling...I tried to sell my sailboat via several free marine related ad websites and now I'm bombarded with Spam. Some apparently sell the email addresses of their customers. I eventually sold it by sitting it next to a busy highway with the price in big blue masking tape numbers on the hull. I'm fortunate enough to have a good friend on the busiest highway around. I gave him a couple of Franklins for his trouble.

 

[JB]

Re: Stainless Prop Repair

To I/O