my old man bent my stainless prop, was quoted $1000.00 to get it fixed from the place i brought my boat from, sounds like a rip off to me, its a Veng 13" 1/8R16. what would a new one cost ? im in mackay. are they hard to fix yourself ? any info would be great.
Your joking right!!! a crappy Vengeance and they are going to charge you $300 more than a new one to fix the old! I would be very sly over parting with any future money toward that mob, if only for my self respect.
Think there is that exact prop for sale here $400.
cheers fnq
Mate ,one word SOLAS...best around and work out of Brisbane area. Just google them and you will see what iam talking about.. Nothing but helpful. Good Luck
Vengeance is a base model stainless from Mercury. They are not worth close to $1000 so the quote you have received is highway robbery....
Can I fix it for half that.
Mate stick it on a pipe in a vice, and heat it up until the blade glows a bit then use your bigest shifter and tighten the jaws nice and tight around the blade you wan't to re-shape, and start levering it in to shape from there.
can you do that with stainless. i was always under the impression when you heated stainless it becomes brittle. (but i have been wrong beforeOriginally Posted by Roughasguts
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neil
Hi Neil, if Stainless got brittle when you heated it then the welds wouldn't hold.
But yeah getting the colour right when you heat it is important aparently.
I was asking many questions to a stainless steel fabricator during there long contract with us.
Aluminium don't like heat I can tell you, Buggered that up many times with heat.
I got the same prop on my boat and I got them to throw it in for nix when I was buying it (along with other things) so I can't see it's worth over $1000.
Cut your losses and put on a new alloy prop, wont cost you much over $250, you will probably not even notice the difference and it could save your gearbox in the future.
Speaking of gearboxs, I cant see you doing major damage to a SS prop without hurting something else as well.
Last edited by SeaHunt; 18-04-2008 at 10:38 AM.
There is also performance propellers in Brisbane, who do prop repairs, and tuning had a couple of nics fixed, and a proped tuned for $50, good service.
Regards
Honda
hoping i do not have anything wrong with the gear box or drive sharft, only got back from work a was told last night, have not started it up yet. thanks for all your replys, will be telling the people to jam it.
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