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Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf
Back in the day when we would bear hunt on the Peace river, always had a good file, would repair most small bangs on prop, just try to keep material balanced and good sharp edge cut. You cannot do that with stainless prop.
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Me too, I have a new one in the box with hub in the truck all the time and kept the old banged up chipped and burred ones and just ran a grinder over it as a fail safe back-up to the back up as well.
You made a good point - I also try and shave them down to get them as balanced as I can, and they will definitely work in a pinch …..
repairs to props are almost not worth it when you can find them sometimes for $150-$180 bucks if you look around. Keep in mind 99% of the motors out here require a engine specific hub kit, but the props (equal diameters) are almost interchangeable between engine brands.
So if you are only getting one "spare item" buy the hub kit and keep a tube of marine grease and an extra cotter pin in the tool box.