2017 zx 250 skeg repair

Has anyone had a skeg repaired from having pieces broken off?

Steve's custom prop repair in quitman can repair it

my dealer sent mine and had it repaired after my boat was rearended. Now above 60 the boat starts buffering side to side. Sort of like whey you are driving beside a big truck on the interstate.
I don't know where they sent it.

There's a prop shop in Longview on US259 and they repair/replace skegs.
http://www.theepropguy.com/id2.html

B&B prop in Richland Hills does a good job. They have done them for me.

I am kind of chapped that my dealer reapired mine after it was an insurance job. they repainted the part that was repaired but the rest of the lower unit looks like it was drug around on the concrete floor. didn't have a scratch on the lower unit before the accident.

You could just put a SkegGuard on it. I can get you 20% off if interested. All you need is 2”-3” of skeg remaining.

A guard ain't quite the same as a properly functioning skeg. On a 250hp motor, you want a properly functioning skeg. Leave it at that. Get it repaired properly.

don't decorate your lower unit repair it they can make it look new.

I am going to throw a shoe tomorrow over it. When I picked the boat up I was in a hurry because I had to leave work to get it. later after work started really looking at it and was very unimpressed. Took it out and ran it and was even more unimpressed. This is my first new boat and definitely the fastest I have owned.

I have one on mine (no skeg damage) and it performs fine. I’d get it fixed too. The guard has saved me from having to get my skeg repaired though. Hit a stump at Pines on plane... just had to replace the SkegGuard.

I have had one done there. They did solid work.

thanks for all the input. We will see what happens tomorrow.

Skeg guards work great till you hit something substantial
Then you will be replacing the whole gearbox. Due to either not enough left to re attach or the damage being up into the bearing carrier

McGill Propeller in Lewisville fixed mine several times.

Where did you hit a stump on plane at pines?

BAllen. I left out of Alley Creek and was heading towards the first set of poles.

You cant weld cast aluminum without a significant amount of porosity in the weld. I broke my skeg off, had a new one welded on and it bent at the weld seam. I bit..ed enough and they welded another one. It will never be as strong as it was when it was cast. I'm currently looking to buy a used housing so when it breaks again, because its just a matter of time, i'll replace the whole gear housing. Insurance companies wont usually pay for a new gear housing so we are all basically screwed if you break your skeg off.

I would not recommend these guys for any prop or skeg work. Josh at Steves custom props is very good,

If it was mine and new boat, insurance deal I would have new OEM

Well found out today they just welded in a patch piece into it. I am trying to figure out why my dealer is trying so save someone else's insurance money. I also found out that my insurance has taken care of the cost so far and their insurance hasn't done [censored]. So I believe the impact of the wreck bowed the skeg more that factory and when they patched the middle its off kilter. That is why it buffers over 60 mph

A dealer should never even consider repairing a skeg. A new case with your internals at a minimum. In addition, I would have your whole motor mounting assembly visually inspected for damage. I don't see that repaired skeg as causing the buffering you mention...like something else was damaged.

Make sure to check prop shaft to see if it got bent.