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Okay so here's the problem. At the end of last season my ski wouldn't hardly get up out of the water and was cavitating bad. So I checked the clearances between the wear ring and the prop and it was about .020". I replaced the wear ring and reduced the clearance to about .014".
Took the ski out to the lake yesterday to try it out and it was better but still not right. We used to be able to ride 2-3 on it and with 3 it wouldn't hardly move more than about 10mph. With two it was slow onj take off but once it planed out it was fine. With one, my top speed was 58. Last year it would hit 59-61mph.
Any ideas on what else it could be? Is the clearance still too much? My prop has some nick on it, could that be it?
Can you refinish a prop?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Okay so here's the problem. At the end of last season my ski wouldn't hardly get up out of the water and was cavitating bad. So I checked the clearances between the wear ring and the prop and it was about .020". I replaced the wear ring and reduced the clearance to about .014".
Took the ski out to the lake yesterday to try it out and it was better but still not right. We used to be able to ride 2-3 on it and with 3 it wouldn't hardly move more than about 10mph. With two it was slow onj take off but once it planed out it was fine. With one, my top speed was 58. Last year it would hit 59-61mph.
Any ideas on what else it could be? Is the clearance still too much? My prop has some nick on it, could that be it?
Can you refinish a prop?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.