If I was going to replace my prop with a new one, I would go with a
Michigan Wheel brand or a Propco brand over OEM brands. Michigan wheel
and Propco use a slightly different alloy which is more suitable to be
able to be straightened and they are usually cheaper and are just as
fine as OEM which usually cost more to buy.

Some of the hardest props to repair were the ones made by OMC/Johnson
/Evinrude.........Merc, Mariner, yamaha and Volvo among the
easiest........but propco and Michigan wheel a piece of cake and much
more substantial and cheaper.

Unless you have a performance type boat, I would not use a SS wheel
on. Folks think the SS wheels are able to do wonders, but in most
cases they can not. On top of that if you hit something hard enough to
really tear up a SS wheel you also have more risk in tearing up
something else in the lower unit.....I would run aluminum, and use the
extra money I saved and buy a spare composite or aluminum
prop..........plus you pay more to repair stainless when its damaged,
by almost 50% over aluminum repairs, and stainless does get tore up
its not destruction proof like some will lead you to believe.


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