Changing a prop

[TheRattler]

Could someone direct me to a website or youtube video they have seen where they show you how to change the prop on your boat.

I ahve finally decided on a prop. Now I have to decide if I am handy enough to put it on. Thanks guys

[JOE WALLEYE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGxparP3FWE

[TheRattler]

Do you have to have a prop wrench?

[joetc]

Originally Posted by TheRattler

Do you have to have a prop wrench?

Absolutley not. I have a big cresent wrench that works justt as well.

Joe

[TheRattler]

Thats what I was hoping for...THanks

[REW]

Rattler,
Find the size of the nut for your propeller.
Then go to the hardware or auto parts store and buy a socket that is the right size for the nut. Then, buy a breaker bar that will fit the socket. I generally use a 3/8th drive socket with a 3/8th breaker bar.

If your prop uses cotter pins, find the size cotter pins, and go to the hardware store and pick up a dozen aluminum cotter pins. The aluminum cotter pins are easy to bend, but still hold just fine and they don't rust.

If you have a washer with bend up tabs, go pick up several spare locking washers for your particular rig.

Also, be sure to buy at least one spare prop base washer. Every now and then, you may find that the base washer becomes locked in the base of a prop and comes off with the prop. Or, you may find that when you remove the prop, the base washer comes off with the prop and then drops into the water. If you are in the middle of the lake when changing the prop, you want to have the spare base washer.

Then, keep these prop parts, and dedicated socket and breaker bar in your tool box. I use the rubber gasketed locking box to store my tools. This box is 100% waterproof and will keep the wrenches and anything else that is in the box from rusting.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/s...op%20nut&eMode=

I use this box as a tool box. 100% waterproof to avoid tool rusting.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/c....aspx?a=351098

REW

[shorthairsrus]

what motor --- i know with mine it needs to be put back on with a torque wrench

[John N]

Might also consider a floating prop wrench for the tool box rather than the metal one, in case the wrench goes into the water after the base washer.... They'll do the trick.

[REW]

When you pick up a breaker bar for the socket for the prop, get one that has a hole in the end of the handle.

Then, put a 1/8th inch nylon cord through the hole that is long enough to make a loop that you can loop around your wrist when working on your prop.
That way, even if your hand slips and drops the wrench, you will still have the wrench hanging from your wrist.

Also, never have more than one thing in your hand. If you take out a cotter pin, take it and lay it in the boat. If you take off the prop nut, take it off and put it in the boat. When you take the prop off, take it off and lay it in the boat.

Never try to hold more than one thing in your hand when working on a prop over water. It is just too easy to have something slip and go into the drink. Even in shallow water it is tough to find something that is dropped. But, in deep water, it will be impossible to find anything.

Good luck
REW

[Jimmy Jig]

Hint:
If you change a prop in the middle of the lake, be prepared to take a swim!