When the yard pulled my prop 5 years ago they had a tool which required being hit with a sledge hammer. It made me uncomfortable because the tool was not distributing the force evenly around the prop. The tool required considerable banging and I voiced my concerns. They told me not to worry and then bang! I thought something had broken and I could just imagine the repair bill for my 16" 3 blade Max-Prop. Nope, the hub just came loose and slammed against the prop nut which had been loosened but not removed. All was well. I guess that's why they are the professionals. Here's a picture of the closest thing I could find but it doesn't seem to be designed to be hit. Maybe the yard guy wasn't using it right. https://goo.gl/images/qQ7SRU
Since then I bought a used puller from a discount consignment shop for $10. I've never had reason to used it but probably will next season. It is a 3 point puller with a center screw and no need to bang. I don't know if it will work or not. https://goo.gl/images/mBWMjU Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mar 22, 2017 9:27 AM, "robert via CnC-List" <[email protected]> wrote: > When pulling the prop, be careful it doesn't pull off and fall to the > ground/asphalt and cause a ding/dent in a blade. If this happens, you have > another job to have fixed. And I should know! > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > On 2017-03-22 9:48 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List wrote: > > Randy > > > > It may be difficult to pull off even with pullers. On Persistence we > tensioned the pullers to no avail. Then with pullers tensioned we applied > heat to prop hub and once heated to our satisfaction tapped with a hammer. > Note that we backed off the shaft nut quite a bit but left on the shaft to > prevent prop from coming completely off before we were ready, Have been > advised that sometimes prop comes off with a bit of force and can be > dangerous. Others will elaborate > > > > Mike > > Persistence > > 1987 Frers 33 #16 > > Halifax, NS > http://users.eastlink.ca/~mhoyt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > >
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