Re: Bent skegs and cavitation plates

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Mercury KD4 skeg (actually same as other early K Model skegs) bent sideways about 1/4"
Gave it a great deal of thought before setting up press to straighten. In a series of gentle
applications the bend was bumped back to eyeball straight. No point in pushing my luck
as that was good enough. It may be that preheating would be a good idea, but, I got away
without it this time.
On the other hand I once tried to press a bent aluminum connecting rod…lucky I had my face out ot the way when rod snapped and both parts flew out of press.
As for broken skegs. I have had several welded at $40 each! Good workmanship but
not cheap. I now tend to look for replacements rather than repair.
Louis