Outdrive repair reccomendation needed

DBreskin · 08-15-2016, 01:39 PM

Last week I made the mistake of loaning my boat to a relative. He immediately went into a rocky area and shortened my outdrive skeg by about an inch. The remaining part is bent slightly to starboard.

I need to have it repaired. Can anyone recommend a local person or shop able to weld aluminum and replace/repair the skeg? It is a 1992 OMC Cobra drive, if that matters, and has been repaired once previously ( i bought the boat with existing damage). I expect to remove the drive from the boat for the repair, and replace the bellows and gimbal bearing at the same time.

I am not interested in a bolt on repair e.g. a skeg guard.

Thanks in advance.

08-15-2016, 01:39 PM	#1
DBreskin Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wolfeboro NH Posts: 283 Thanks: 143 Thanked 121 Times in 76 Posts	Outdrive repair reccomendation needed Last week I made the mistake of loaning my boat to a relative. He immediately went into a rocky area and shortened my outdrive skeg by about an inch. The remaining part is bent slightly to starboard. I need to have it repaired. Can anyone recommend a local person or shop able to weld aluminum and replace/repair the skeg? It is a 1992 OMC Cobra drive, if that matters, and has been repaired once previously ( i bought the boat with existing damage). I expect to remove the drive from the boat for the repair, and replace the bellows and gimbal bearing at the same time. I am not interested in a bolt on repair e.g. a skeg guard. Thanks in advance.