sturdi87
Well-known member
Just got home from fishing the ohio river, some backwaters of the ohio river, and some creeks. We have had a lot of rain and there was a decent amount of debris in the water that cleared up for the most part by around noon or so. Anyways, when I pulled the boat out of the water and tilted the motor up one blade on the prop had this crack in it:
As you can see the prop was already in pretty bad shape with lots of dings and chips. The bent out edge on that blade was already like that. I was already thinking about getting a new one and using this one for backup sometime soon down the road. I didn't hit anything big really unless that one blade caught something maybe? The only decent size log I hit was at idle when i was going into some backwaters from the river; walls of debris form at all these areas and it was floating just an inch or two below the water, covered up by a bunch on small sticks and stuff floating just over it. I didnt think it hit the prop, actually I was basically sure of it at the time, it felt like the hull pushed it to the side, but maybe it did hit it. I couldn't see any marks on the skeg that looked fresh or different.
So Memorial Day is coming up and I have the day off work so I would like to use the boat has anyone ever tried doing a repair on an aluminum prop with JB Weld? I figure it can't hurt to give it a shot? I figure it might last until the next time I hit something, which will happen as much as my boat sees the river and creeks.
I figure this thread will stir up some stuff so let it go lets here what you think!
As you can see the prop was already in pretty bad shape with lots of dings and chips. The bent out edge on that blade was already like that. I was already thinking about getting a new one and using this one for backup sometime soon down the road. I didn't hit anything big really unless that one blade caught something maybe? The only decent size log I hit was at idle when i was going into some backwaters from the river; walls of debris form at all these areas and it was floating just an inch or two below the water, covered up by a bunch on small sticks and stuff floating just over it. I didnt think it hit the prop, actually I was basically sure of it at the time, it felt like the hull pushed it to the side, but maybe it did hit it. I couldn't see any marks on the skeg that looked fresh or different.
So Memorial Day is coming up and I have the day off work so I would like to use the boat has anyone ever tried doing a repair on an aluminum prop with JB Weld? I figure it can't hurt to give it a shot? I figure it might last until the next time I hit something, which will happen as much as my boat sees the river and creeks.
I figure this thread will stir up some stuff so let it go lets here what you think!