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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    it depends which one, according to their link here: https://turningpointpropellers.com/_CONTENT/hustler-aluminum-boat-propellers.php This shows that it's dual geometry for the 4.75" gear case, and just the standard swept cleaver for the 4.25" gear case... even though they bear the same name...
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    Yes, but it's only listed (as far as i can tell) for the df115A and up; for the larger size gear case. Maybe i'm missing something
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    Maybe I'm misreading their website, but I got the impression the 4-blade prop for a suzuki 90 was a standard 4-blad; in other words not the duel geometry style. I'll be pleasantly surprised if it is, but we'll see. It's on backorder which is probably good, gives me time to get some performance...
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    Bearing buddy issues

    I have never understood what problem bearing buddies are trying to solve. They are another point for water ingress and don't seem to do anything else useful. I see more bearing failures from these stupid things because the excess grease pushes out the seals, water gets in the bearings, and then...
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    that's neat! before my house got destroyed, i had a whole section of my lab dedicated to vacuum tubes. Sadly now it's all in a box waiting for me to find a new space. My current lab just has enough room for modern scopes and stuff.
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    on my mercedes you have to adjust the parking brake THROUGH THE LUG STUD HOLE. Of course the hole is too small to fit a brake spoon, so i have a skinny flat blade screw driver bent just for this purpose.
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    Makes sense, the suzuki prop has no cup and no rake; it's pretty basic. When I changed from such a prop to the same pitch hustler on a different boat I gained a few kts, improved fuel economy, improved hole shot, and gives significantly better grip in the water. I couldn't believe what a...
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    Tools that younger people would not recognize.

    I always have an HP11C and HP16C on my desk, nobody ever knows how to use them. I took the interns out to lunch earlier this year and they had no idea how to operate the crank windows in my car, had no clue what the manual transmission was, then stated that "wow this car is so much older than...
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    suzuki prop vs turning point 4 blade prop; looking for advise

    I am trying to setup the correct prop on my home build aluminum boat, since this is the first one of this design to be constructed, I started with a guess at a 15 pitch from suzuki. Now that I'm through enough break to throttle up, in I'm hitting redline and don't have quite grip on the water...
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    Non-skid for aluminum floors

    Wow, sorry, I had to spend some time in a manufacturing facility at work and then took the week off to finish this silly boat; I got distracted from the internet for a while. anti-slip tape: my fear with this stuff (and let me know if it is unfounded) is that it will be slippery BETWEEN the...
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    Non-skid for aluminum floors

    I'm building an aluminum boat and an concerned that the floor will be extremely slippery, what works well to avoid slipping?
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    to be fair, i didn't go out there with a magnet and actually check, it just LOOKS like aluminum. Seeing as i build things out of the stuff I assumed; I could be wrong, i'll have to go check it.
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    sweet thanks, it looks like this is the one! https://www.easternmarine.com/ez-loader-straight-roller-arm-250-010762-01
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    It's actually aluminum and, due to the fact that I took the picture straight down and you can't see it, they have a slight upward curve. I certainly could go buy some 3/4" x 1/2" (or whatever) aluminum bar and make one, but it's one of those things where I can probably buy the arm with a roller...
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    Need trailer roller arm mount thing

    I don't know the manufacture of the trailer, it just says REGAL on it; clearly OEM supplied for that manufacture. I don't know the model or actual manufacture since the data plate is gone. It seems to me like this should be a fairly generic part
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