How to repair a bent skeg on an outboard

Removing the gear case while not required makes this job easier. Knock on wood Every one has gone back to shape without breaking.

How to REPAIR a DAMAGED or BROKEN Skeg on an Outboard Motor SkegGard Installation - YouTube.

How to repair a bent skeg on an outboard. How to fix bent skeg outboard repair straighten. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. How to Repair a Bent Skeg - YouTube.

How to Repair a Bent Skeg. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device. Easily repair a broken skeg on your outboard or sterndrive.

Removing the gear case while not required makes this job easier. Doing so requires basic tools like a socket screwdriver andor wrench set. Once removed lay the lower unit on its side for a straighter cut on the damaged skeg.

How to REPAIR a DAMAGED or BROKEN Skeg on an Outboard Motor SkegGard Installation - YouTube. Put the backer on the side the skeg needs to move just above where it is bent so only the bent part moves. This part is cast so TAP it dont hit it as it will crack you want to work it back slowly.

Also if you put several layers of duct tape on it it will keep it from messing up the paint. Generally a couple of good blows with a large hammer will push the skeg back where it belongs. Back a good way behind the boat to eye ball the skeg to insure that it is lined up with the rest of the lower unit.

Generally speaking a skeg can be bent back two or three times before it will break off. Ive been using the backing hammer method for years. Knock on wood Every one has gone back to shape without breaking.

Skegs and AV plates. Big hammer on back side strike front side with smaller hammer inline with backing hammer. Some thicker skegs will take some effort.

I would either forget about it if it is not bent badly or if you want to straighten it - consider using a large pipe wrench and open the jaws up so that the tip of one jaw contact the skeg at the place where it is bent. This give you some control. The skeg is primarily intended to protect the prop.

If the skeg is not seriously bent it will still serve that purpose although bent. You might also contact OMC and get a. A friend of mine was telling me about a company who makes a replacement skeg.

He said that you take the lower unit to an aluminum welding shop where they cut yours off in a zig zag pattern and then match the grooves up to the replacement from what I understand it makes a very stong repair. Good afternoon I had hit something with my F115 Yamaha outboard motor skagkeel at approx 510 knots but destroyed the skeg. It bent and pieces.

How to Repair a Broken SkegEasily repair a broken skeg on your outboard or sterndrive. The skeg of an outboard or sterndrive gear case provides much directional stability and steering ease. In some cases a welder can repair your skeg.

If it is too bent for either of these methods or if it breaks worst case you have to have a new skeg welded on. Depending on your location that can run from 100 and up. As to whether that affects steering that again depends on amount of bend.

Technically the answer is yes regardless just if you can notice the change is the question. If you go slow you should be able to figure it out. Oh yeah disassemble the lower unit completely or you will melt the shaft seals and catch the leg oil on fire.

As far as repairing a bent skeg you will probably break the old one off if you try to bend it back. Aluminum is very stiff and it doesnt like to bend twice. I hope this helps Aloha.

Full repairs are done using blanks that are designed to match the OEM shape and thickness of your skeg. These blanks are CNC molded and made of durable high grade aluminum. Cold Metal Transfer CMT welder is designed to prevent heat transfer.

This is used to protect against warping seals. There is a product called Skegguard that is a stainless steel skeg that slides over what is left of your skeg and bolts on. It will run about 100.

There preferred method is to take the lower unit off and take it to a propeller repair shop. They can cut off the bent skeg and weld on a new skeg. The skeg of your outboard or stern drive motor serves two highly important functions.

The skeg acts as a precise rudder allowing the motor to turn your boat accurately and safely. This function is especially needed by high performance boats such as bass boats where on plane the skeg plays a. Previous owner welded a 2 X 34 aluminum wedge to the starboard lower skeg trying to correct this awful steering torque.

I ground it off today to prepare for the installation of a Bobs rivet-on Torque Tamer. After grinding the wedge off I noticed that the skeg appears to be bent to port at the tip. This would amplify the problem greatly.

That skeg that was cut off under the bullet looks like a prop shop repair. They wack off the whole skeg add weld a replacement skeg. But that weld must hold all the force that the skeg generates.

A small crack repair on the bottom on the skeg would only need to hold the force generated from the weld to the bottom of the fin. Bigs the skeg is broken and bent so either repair replaceing the skeg totally or useing the Skeggaurd would be ok. I would rather have it replaced if for a decent price and if the job would be done correct straight and balanced.

So a very good welder would be an utmost necesity. Im welding up the whole skeg now. All precautions are taken to make sure that the housing doesnt get to hot.

I use wet rags that were soaked in ice water and weld one section at a time. If the housing gets to hot it can warp and then the o-rings wont seal right. Outboard Skeg Repairs.

Returning from the Wellington South coast Karori way back to Plimmerton in a quartering sea during a very low tide yesterday I managed to clip a submerged rock just south of Ohau point whist doing 16 Knots - fully loaded. Totally my fault - did not leave enough leeway for the extra low tide and need to factor in.