[C320-list] Gori prop problem

[Jeff Hare]

Since you've gotten them to unfold some,  I'd probably start the engine, put
it in reverse first and rev it up a little bit.  They'll try to open further
under engine power.  
Then idle back and try forward.  If they didn't open very far, changing
direction may allow them to reverse. 

I'd bet that you just need to break up the barnies a bit.  The gears are
supposed to self-clean but if they're pretty gunked up, it may take a bit to
get them fully opened. 
Once you've got them opening up full, you might want to go motor around,
coast to let them close, then open them up in reverse.  

Unless there's some mechanical problem, they'll probably clean themselves
out with a little engine time.

-Jeff 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Scott Thompson
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 12:54 PM
To: Catalina320.org
Subject: [C320-list] Gori prop problem

It's been a terrible summer for sailing for me, between too busy at work and
too hot on the water. I went to the boat yesterday for the first time in
over a month and dove to see how bad the prop was. The good news is that the
Propspeed seems to have kept most of the hard growth off my Gori 2 blade
folding prop. The bad news is that I can't unfold it all the way. The blades
unfold smoothly until they reach about 90 degrees to each other, but I can't
get any more motion than that, and certainly not the 180 degrees I need for
proper motoring. I tried scraping out as much junk as I could from the pivot
area, but couldn't make more than minor progress on getting the thing to
unfold.

Does anyone have suggestions or tips before I take the step of getting the
boat hauled?