Anyone ever replaced a prop without a prop puller?
Originally Posted by chris young
I'm pulling the shaft this weekend on my boat, since loosing my prop at the end of the season, I figure the key banging against a loose prop may have cracked the shaft so I don't want to loose a brand new 541 (yup, another one) to a broken shaft for the sake of a quick dye check. Plus, the prop should be lapped, and doing that under the boat would be a pain. I can't speak to this as an expert, only what I've researched, and I would never consider installing a prop without lapping it after watching an expert explain how it should work.
I just went through this yesterday when installing my new prop, but did it under the boat as the shaft was still installed. Really only took about 20 mins. Followed the same video. Went from less than 50% contact to probably 90%.