Which Stainless Prop?

[tomfromblaine]

I'm in the market for a stainless prop and was wondering what brands you guys are using and the rigs you have them on, I'm currently using a aluminum turning point hooked to a 2003 115F Yam and a CrestLiner Super Hawk.

Thanks in advance Tom

[logon648]

Tom their are a lot of different stainless propellers on the market and most are good. One thing to remember when buying a stainless make sure they offer an exchange program incase the pitch isn't right on the first try.

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[tomfromblaine]

Jay, is that you? I'll call you at your shop in the a.m.

[Northlander]

Jay will hook you up. I have not found anyone with his knowledge and abilitys and at a great price. www.soderbloom.com

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Couple of years ago I bought a really nice Stainless prop for my 90 HP Honda. The following winter I was was in a bull session with some co-workers, and the stainless prop subject came up. Eric, a mechanical engineer, said he would never put a stainless prop on a motor. I asked why, and he said an Aluminum prop would absorb a strike, and not transfer the shock to the expensive lower unit like a stainless prop. The aluminum is like a fuse, it blows apart to save the rest of the system. I'm an electrical guy, so this made perfect sense to me, and I have not used my stainless prop since hearing those words. The stainless is in the boat as a emergency prop only.

My 2 cents.

[PerchJerker]

Rubber propeller hubs protect you against the prop hitting a rock and transferring all that stress to the gears in the lower unit. The rubber hub will give way before the gears will. I don't know if all motors have rubber prop hubs but the big motors do, and big motors are the only ones that will get much benefit from a stainless prop anyway.

For you 225 E-Tec fans out there, you don't even need to hit a rock to spin your hub. Sounds like they have plenty of issues with the hubs getting too hot and breaking down on their own

[tashit]

Anybody know anything about Turning Point props? It looks as if they have some sort of shear pin type deal instead of the rubber that will break before the lower unit does. They call it a MasterGuard Hub System. My dad was looking at this because he didn't really like the rubber in the prop (his old one had the rubber). He uses the boat for skiing as well and felt that the rubber would give a little and lose a little out of the hole. Any thoughts???