Prop Restoration

David,
A prop shop would be able to fix that prop of yours without and problems. The damage it minimal.

Yes for now you can do some light hammering and filing yourself. Give the prop a try when you get the boat done. You may get some vibration and that's the time to see if you want to send it off for a pro repair/balance.

FrankT wrote: FYI - I was shocked how much vibration was caused by a very small ding. FrankT

That's what I was told by a family member of mine. He said there was a huge difference in vibration from having his redone.

Now I can't say that I have noticed any vibration. Then again, the prop came like this when I got the boat and I don't know otherwise. They are very small dings.

I would check and see if there is a local prop shop within driving distance you'll spend less than 50 bucks to get if repaired professionally if you take it in and drop it off.

Id go ahead and touch it up by hand with a few hammers and a file. Dont bother polishing- its a waste of time. After a few hours in the water, it will look you never touched it!

I doubt Id spend the money to get that prop fixed by a pro. Maybe things are different in the midwest, but no prop shops around here will touch it for less than $120-150. Acme and Delta can fix them for just over $100. If you decide you want a perfect prop on the boat, I think you'd be better off buying a new one instead, and keeping this one as your spare. A 12x13 OJ or 12.5x12 Acme would really wake your boat up, and can be had for $275-325.

I bought my puller from harbor freight for $14 so don't let that hold you back. Pullers are cheap and easy to use. 8 inch arm puller like this

Keeganino wrote: I bought my puller from harbor freight for $14 so don't let that hold you back. Pullers are cheap and easy to use. 8 inch arm puller like this

you actually don't have to even have a puller if you have zip gun to use, the prop interface isn't any different than a ball joint or tie rod interface. And for those that want to smart off about using the fork style punch in the zip gun to remove them your using the wrong punch and are just destroying the part by not using a flat punch.

well I can't see your pic put it's slang for pnuematic hammer.

I use a 3 arm puller like shown above to pull the prop. I just substitute a short screw & nut so it will fit in front of the rudder. Works fine.

I use a three arm puller but I tighten a hose clamp around all three arms so it wont pop off.