Prop Repair/Replace Advice

[ryanmitchell]

Gents

I am bringing in my boat to get it winterized. The prop on my 40 horse 4 stroke Merc is a little dinged up. A couple of the blades have a one inch wide/half inch deep chunks missing from the blades. I know that sounds bad, but we managed most of the season with the damage. When a prop is repaired are the blades shortened and grinded down to meet the dinged area, or is something applied to the missing area, sealed and then grinded. Ideally i would like to get a new one and repair the old one.

What is the best place to get a new prop? Winterizing shop quoted me at $150, but I think I can beat that price online and change the prop myself.

[Jim Almquist]

You would get a better response if you were to post in the boating forum but if I were you I would gave Jay a shout and he could fix your old prop and give you a price on a new spare. Here is a link and the next time you need to find him look in the BWCA forum down in the Minnesota section.

Jay at Soderbloom's

[ryanmitchell]

2nd vote for Jay. Glad I posted. I talked to Jay after someone else suggested him and he was great. Only thing I have to decide now is stainless or not. Double the money, but the performance increase is significant.

[ryanmitchell]

Can someone send me a link to the boating section? I looked around for it but could not locate. I would also like to ask a couple questions about fishfinder/GPS units. Thanks!

[Team Otter]

Boats & Motors

Jay at Soderbloom's is the man.

[PerchJerker]

Only thing I have to decide now is stainless or not. Double the money, but the performance increase is significant.

I don't think you'd see much performance increase with a 40 HP motor. I guess it all depends on what you're looking for, but a stainless is not going to make much if any noticable difference on a motor that size.