noticed the "skeg" (that is what it's called correct?) looked a little bent. took a level and from the top (where it actually comes off the
motor) to the tip is 1/2 inch bent to the left as looking at it from behind. is this enough to cause walking or any other problems? is there a decent way to
bend it back or for motor guys only, would hate to break it off. thanks for any tips if any or is it nothing to concern myself with?
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Posts: 60 (08/25/08 12:13) |
Last Edited By: selm1 08/25/08 12:30.
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Posts: 61 (08/25/08 12:34) |
understand it will not stay "on" the level as it narrows at the bottom, but with level on left side there is a gap as the skeg leans far enough to the left to touch the level at the bottom also. this is on a 175 mariner/99 sabre. |
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Posts: 26 (08/25/08 12:34) |
My 150EFI skeg has been tilted off to the side about 1/2" from center line for a year now.
No chine walking. No detectable proplems that I am aware of. If you want to bend it back do it when you remove the gearcase to replace the water pump. With low water levels I just would not bother with it. You may hit some more stuff before the season is over. |
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Posts: 12541 (08/25/08 01:38) Registered User |
What motor?
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Posts: 62 (08/25/08 02:15) |
175 mariner magnum hooked up to a 99 sabre. thanks
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Posts: 254 (08/25/08 02:27) |
Terry, what ever you do don't beat it with a hammer! Cast aluminum will break very easy. On my other rig, I bent the skeg so severe, it
did'nt look like there would be any fix but to cut off and weld another on. But a friend came up with the idea of taking two over size ( Large enough to
cover the damage and more ) peices of 1/2 steel. Placing one on each side of the skeg over the damage. Then taking two over size C clamps and slowly pressed
the two pieces of steel together. It came out almost perfect. I give no guarantees. Just a thought! It worked for me!
Was the boat chine walking before the damage? Glynn |
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Posts: 63 (08/25/08 04:49) |
to tell the truth, i think it was like this when i bought it. and i don't know if chine is the term. this doesn't "feel" like when i first
started driving. it is more of a "roll" feel or a wobble. maybe i'm still looking for excuses why i can't stay on it like i feel i should by
now, but was just wondering if this could cause something. understand what you are saying about putting something on both sides and clamping them together
though. thanks for the input glynn, you been catching 'em??
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Posts: 257 (08/25/08 10:36) |
Terry, if you haven't learned how to drive by now, I think you should give the wife a crack at it.
  The skeg being bent has nothing to do with your rig chine walking. Driver needs
to sharpen skills.
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Posts: 1018 (08/25/08 11:49) |
A couple of things are not clear...
1. the skeg should be perfectly straight, from where it comes off of the gearcase to the tip. If you put a straightedge in the middle, it should lie flat all the way down. 2. the trailing edge of the skeg has a little "right rudder" built in to counteract the "crabbing effect" caused by the prop torque. This "right rudder" shows up as the trailing edge of the skeg being bent to the right when looking from the rear. But the bend is uniform. If the thing gets bent, I would not think about bending it back. This is hardened aluminum and it does "not" like "working". To bend it back, it needs to be heated first and that is a job for someone that is used to doing it. Otherwise you can go from a bent skeg to no skeg in about 2 seconds. And that will affect the steering on the boat and make things quite "interesting" at any speed from idle to WOT. I have seen a couple get bent back successfully and then disappear into the river at some point later. I have seen a couple that got bent back and seemed to be OK. I'd rather take it to a shop that does L/U repairs (a good prop shop generally does this as they are used to installing nose cones, and repairing lower units as a daily operation.) |
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cougar250xs |
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Posts: 3 (05/08/09 02:53) |
A bent skeg has nothing to do with a boat chine walking. Learn to drive the chine out and before long running your rig will be as easy as driving a car. When
your boat chines left turn the wheel right, when it chines right turn wheel left. Dont make aggressive turns or you'll make the chining worse. A good long
day on the water just driving the boat will make a huge diffrence.
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Scott Dominick |
Here is a link that may help | ||
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Posts: 154 (05/08/09 05:32) |
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/bigharry_2006/vids/?action=view¤t=fullvideo1testversiondelete2.flv
My skeg was bent and of course I thought it was a screw up. Turned out it was built in that way. Who knew? 
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Posts: 38 (05/08/09 05:46) |
here's another video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kje_ezFra0 |
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