my skeg has taken a beating from rocks and stumps, the bottoms is kinda mushroomed. should i grind this back smooth or what cause im sure its causing my motor to pull to the side. need some advice from someone in the know. and also can i bend my handle without making it weak.

I'de grinde it back down it the metal is still good. As far as the handle if you use a tubing bender it will work better than just trying to bend it b/c by just trying to bend it you risk creasing it.

If you take too much off with the grinder you will get more prop hits.

is there a way to add on to it. like a bolt on skeg to replace a worn out one.

Welding Machine

yeah im actualy gonna take it to a local welder and see if he can weld me an extension so to speak on my existing skeg. i can run the heck out of my go devil, but as you can tell i know nothin about em except running em. mine is just now starting to need work so bare with me, im still learning about working on em.

I had the same problem. I have a 27 horse MB and the skegs on them are flimsy in my opinion. At first I used a large crescent wrench to bend the skeg back into place. It worked ok, but I was concerned the metal was weakened and would eventually start to bend back from hitting stuff. I made a template of the skeg and found some 14 ga. flat stock. I traced the outline of the skeg and cut out the shape from the flat stock. I drilled holes throughout the flat stock. I then welded the stock onto the skeg along the edges and then filled in the holes. The welding process sucked the skeg back to being straight. I am not a professional welder by any stretch of the imagination, but I am learning. I feel the project turned out well. So, if you have any welding abilities, it will probably turn out better than mine. Good Luck.

i had the same problem. i took 3/8 stainless round stock cut a 1/8 inch groove down it and welded it up the length of the skeg. stainless can take a beatin'.