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Broken skeg - 2 November 2008 7:02:30

Chris Boynes

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I picked up my boat the other day and the mechanic put a chock on the motor for travelling for me. When I left I hit the skeg (think that is what it's called) and broke off 2 inches, he forgot to tell me how steep his drive was. He reckons it want affect it, I was just wondering if this is right as I was going to try and re-join it with liquid metal

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RE: Broken skeg - 2 November 2008 7:27:05

Simon Tocas

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if you can re-join it with liquid metal go ahead, nothing to lose

you could get a new peice made up and welded on

or don't worry - it wont affect it

however i'd be a litte annoyed if you drove it into his yard ok....then he changed the set up....and all you did was drive out of his yard with how he set it up ??????????

interesting to hear peoples views on "travelling chocks"
i would reckon if they were necessary the out boards would be sold with them - apart from the normal hydraulic rests found on most (all?) outboards. Thats all i've ever used and i've never had any problems or even heard of any problems with these.

< Message edited by Simon Tocas -- 2 November 2008 8:37:40 >

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RE: Broken skeg - 2 November 2008 11:57:17

Daniel Mance

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ORIGINAL: Simon Tocas

interesting to hear peoples views on "travelling chocks"
i would reckon if they were necessary the out boards would be sold with them - apart from the normal hydraulic rests found on most (all?) outboards. Thats all i've ever used and i've never had any problems or even heard of any problems with these.

Was ok with many of the older donks. Yamahas used to have a fantastic rest that was really robust and well built, was all i ever used.

Unfortunately, many of the new ones are ridiculously light and flimsy, and the manuals tell you specifically not to use them for trailering. The rest is there for safety purposes when working on a tilted motor and that's it.

This is definately the case with my Johnson 4 stroke

I can't trailer my motor in the lowered position because there isn't enough road clearance, and i was caught once upon a time trailering a motor half tilted with no chock. The system got air in it and i had to bleed it. Apparently not an issue with newer systems but a chock of wood costs nothing, so why not use one?

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RE: Broken skeg - 2 November 2008 13:09:33

Neil Daws

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If your in Perth ring Oceanic boats in Balcatta. 9240 6301

They do broken skeg/keel/propellor repairs on a regular basis to outboards.

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RE: Broken skeg - 4 November 2008 14:23:04

Chris Boynes

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The liquid metal has worked, but will see if it can handle the trip to Exmouth before I go reckonmending it to anyone.

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RE: Broken skeg - 6 November 2008 19:31:32

Glenn Wainwright

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Be carefull, if it breaks off when motoring along it will probably get drawn through the prop and possibly damage it.

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RE: Broken skeg - 6 November 2008 19:36:51

Dick Pasfield

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Knocked off more skegs than had hot breakfasts

, get them welded back on otherwise the prop is next in line

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RE: Broken skeg - 27 November 2008 16:48:18

Chris Boynes

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Don't use the liquid metal fellas it lasted till the second to last day and is in the gulf somewhere know. The trim tilt hydraulics blew the first day so the manual lifting could have been a bit harsh. New boat coming yeah !

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RE: Broken skeg - 27 November 2008 23:40:27

Wolf Dogart

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just seen this thread, bit late but might help someone else.
took a chunk outa mine when crabbing down Mandurah way a few years back.
lucky was only going at a snails pace in the shallows
piece missing was about the size of a 50c piece.
Ended up getting it welded back up by Adam at Roadmaster, excellent job and cost $50.

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