What is this???

[Pony]

I found this in my garage today in a box of spare parts that I have laying around. It DEFINATELY doesnt look like a prop for the motors that I have, and I'm not sure where it came from. I don;t see any numbers on it. <br /><br />

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[Pony]

Re: What is this???

I also have this cone that I'm thinking is off of a johnny rude, but must be bigger than my 5.5. Mine has a rubber cone without a cotter pin, so I was thinking it came off of something bigger.<br /><br />

<br /> <br /><br />The cone, by my measurments has an outside diameter of 1 3/4", the threads are 5/8"

 

[Texasmark]

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Boy you are digging into my memory bank, but it looks like part of it is missing....the rubber shock absorber that has a notch in it to fit the notch in the bottom of the prop.<br /><br />It isn't for your 5.5?<br /><br />Mark

 

[Pony]

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I am going to look around in that box of parts I have again, but I dont think the rubber hub is in there. Its an odd looking prop though eh, almost trolling motor like.........which came to mind as well. I just can see a troller swinging an aluminum prop, but I could very well be wrong.<br /><br />Im almost positive its not for the 5.5, because I dont see a place to put a shear pin. That and the cone on the 5.5 is rubber and needs a lip to grab onto since there is no cotter pin pinning it to the prop shaft.<br /><br />I was thinking since the cone I have pictured is soooo big compared to the 5.5, maybe its for a 25 or 35hp motor.......but I dont have any reference numbers to back that up.

 

[Texasmark]

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Well sir, back to dusting off my memory, you would not have had a shear pin as the rubber hub would have taken the shock. This dates the prop to outboard motor and the year had to be late '60's or higher.<br /><br />See, Merc had the slip clutch for years and it took OMC awhile and a lot of weeweeing and moaning from consumers to convince them that the shear pin was a no-no, couse it always sheared when you needed it the most...rip rap on the winward side with a gale blowing.<br /><br />I too thought about a trolling motor prop, but I have not seen an aluminum prop on a trolling motor.<br /><br />Mark

 

[Texasmark]

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Hey Pony. Your pic tour is fantastic. Really a nice job. The more I look at the prop and the one hanging off the skeg of your 5.5 the more I see a similarity.<br /><br />Mark

 

[ricksrster]

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Wouldn't the shear pin go through the inner sleeve of the missing hub?

 

[B.M.W II]

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It looks like to me the prop is for one of the old trolling motors.I have seen one, years ago that had a aluminum prop on it.The cone looks like the one that was on my dads 45 hp chrysler outboard he had when I was a kid.I remember those motors had a big block and a little lower unit.Made them look funny.You know unportioned. Like a 150 block with a 9.9 lower unit. Hope this helps.

 

[Boilermaker]

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SO THATS WHERE I LEFT THE LAWN EDGER BLADE!!!

 

[Pony]

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This is why I don't see it being for my 5.5hp. This is the prop for it. (1 of 3 that I have)<br /><br />

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[Pony]

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^ I know this is a prop topic, but mods do think maybe the j/e forum would get more results....being most of the guys over there are familiar with the older johnnyrudes.<br /><br />Thanks for the compliment Texasmark. It was a fun project.<br /><br />I know someone with a 35hp 1957 Johnson and we each measured the cones. We think it will fit his motor. I am now just trying to figure out what that propeller is......looks similar to those on the hd-25 but not quite.