75 hp Yamaha 4 stroke. I bought a Solus prop with the separate rubber hub to replace the original pressed in prop.
Problem is that when I put in all the parts--thrust washer, etc.-- and tightened down on the nut, the nut does not go down far enough on the shaft for the cotter pin to be inserted.
Back and forth with pictures to Solus, and their answer was to just leave the SS washer off to give more room for the nut to screw down.
But I don't like the looks of what the nut will be bearing down on w/o the washer in between. It looks like just the corners of the nut will be in contact with the bronze collar that goes on behind the prop. These photos show what I'm talking about.
It seems the better solution would be to remove material from the bronze collar. Preferably there should be a better fitting collar, which I'm surprised there isn't as it's not like there aren't many Yamahas out there.
Problem is that when I put in all the parts--thrust washer, etc.-- and tightened down on the nut, the nut does not go down far enough on the shaft for the cotter pin to be inserted.
Back and forth with pictures to Solus, and their answer was to just leave the SS washer off to give more room for the nut to screw down.
But I don't like the looks of what the nut will be bearing down on w/o the washer in between. It looks like just the corners of the nut will be in contact with the bronze collar that goes on behind the prop. These photos show what I'm talking about.
It seems the better solution would be to remove material from the bronze collar. Preferably there should be a better fitting collar, which I'm surprised there isn't as it's not like there aren't many Yamahas out there.