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A buddy of mine emailed trying to find someone around the KC or Clinton area that could weld the bottom third of his skegg back on. His normal mechanic is in Nixa, but he'd rather not haul it that far. Anybody know of anyone? Any suggestions you might have are really appreciated.
If he really wants it welded talk to the guys out at Midwest in OLathe
Thanks Keeferfish, now I know what that thing is called!Quote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
I run the Skeg Guard brand on mine since i broke the bottom edge off and it works great.Have hit many many stumps and rocks in the shallows and it dont have a mark on it.
Any of you guys running the skegg guard that keeferfish mentioned notice any change in performance, speed, etc? Thanks for your help. Crappiejt
I haven't noticed a bit of loss in performance in mine.Only thing i noticed different was the water spray off my motor on pad is more pronounced.But like i said before mine is a Skegg Guard brand and it has a little flat foot on the very bottom of it kind like a contact point if it hits anything to help it jump over.
That's what I'd do. Probably cheaper and more reliable than welding and there is no risk of screwing with the electrons in the engine.Quote:
Originally Posted by keeferfish
Thanks Hogster1. Half the fun is getting to the fishing hole fast and scaring the H out Billie while doing it! JT
I like this guy! Thumbs UpQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiejt
If you haven't figured it out yet, crappiejt is the friend I was referring to. Glad to see you posting John. And, yes, he does scare the hell out of me sometimes!Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiejt
Thanks all for your help and input. I am ordering the Panther skegg guard today. It checks out pretty good. If any of you guys get into major motor or lower unit trouble I have a mech in Ava and one in Nixa. They were on the Mercury racing team and when you catch them sober :) they can't be beat. They do a lot of welding on the lower units successfully but for the price of this I couldn't buy the gas and time to pull that far. I will give you an update on the skegg guard after I run it awhile. I will also have Billie trick out my posts. I am normally to busy pulling in fish but he should have time....