When to replace?

[bonelessi]

So I hit a rock today while I was boating. It's not bad but you can tell where it was clipped. It has a few dings on the other blades too. When is it time to replace a prop? How bad can they get before they start doing other damage?

Curious

 

[redneck joe]

pics would probably help.

I'm not the expert here by any mean, but if just edges and 'clean' clips I file down to sort of 'balance' it out. I've never had one damaged bad enough I felt I needed to replace but to me it would have to be significant warping on a whole blade or enough filing down to throw off balance

 

[Dodge Bass]

If you start noticing lack of power or vibration in your prop, its probably time to change it but like redneck said I usually just grind it smooth with the little nicks

 

[Expidia]

If no extra vibration, I'd wait till the end of the season and send it out for repair. I've used this shop below twice already. Fast turnaround time and at least for my size it was only like $10 return shipping.

http://www.soderbloom.com/proprepair.html

 

[Starcraft5834]

Last year I "drifted" into some rocks on the St Lawrence River,, bent one blade a bit. Hammered it back in shape with about 4 hits... runs fine.. chips? I would not worry about....it takes a lot of years for a prop to get thin by use....I agree with all others here.....if it's not broke, dont fix it..

 

[bruceb58]

So I hit a rock today while I was boating. It's not bad but you can tell where it was clipped. It has a few dings on the other blades too. When is it time to replace a prop? How bad can they get before they start doing other damage?

Get it repaired if any material was removed from the blade. Do not want to run an imbalanced prop.

 

[WIMUSKY]

A pic of the prop would speak volumes...........