How To Get A Prop Off A Boat. Shoot it with the blaster and tap the prop up off keep shooting and tapping it will come. If no luck, heat it(not too much), hammer it and finally gently chistle the bronze hub off the prop shaft.
The second thing you can do is put on some kind of hydrofoil to your cavition plate on your drive systems lower unit. You need pb blaster and a hammer, beat it like a cheating wife. They are made of either aluminum or some kind of composit plastic material.
The second thing you can do is put on some kind of hydrofoil to your cavition plate on your drive systems lower unit. If i were doing it, i'd look at drilling some pilot holes between the nut and the collar and put some kind of roll pin in the holes to make it essentially one unit, then just unscrew it. I keep a small ball preen hammer on my boat the smallest one i own.
(some props will have a circular tab, instead of a cotter pin). A pair of leather gloves will keep the hands of the boater safe during the process. Ready for the big trip south in the autumn.we starte.
You need pb blaster and a hammer, beat it like a cheating wife. Straighten and remove the cotter pin, using a pair of pliers. All you have to do is get the outer collar off, or at least locked down, as dennis suggested, and then yes, you can grab it and unscrew the prop nut easily.
On my present boat, the firts time , i had to remove the shaft and prop, take them home and put them in the vice and then apply serious heat to the prop ( propane torch) when it came loose with a hit with a hammer. As it is on a taper it needs to only move a small amount. These hydrofoils look like wings and are designed to help lift the stern of the boat at initial take off which makes the boat get up on plane quicker.
Here is method to make homemade propeller blades by using home product like bottle, bottle cap, earbuds etc.( fan , wings , propellers , prop , blade )type :. When you trim the engine down, the lower unit should tuck in towards the hull. Shoot it with the blaster and tap the prop up off keep shooting and tapping it will come.