Laptop 3 blade classic lapping hub/shaft while in water

[phorvati]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

Yes. In fact it is reasonable to assume the blades each moved into different settings. No reason why they wouldn’t. You may not have had any coherent pitch at all.

Crazy, but I did go. I'm glad i didn't mess anything up.

[RaymondR]

Originally Posted by fstbttms

I've said this before in here- props of all kinds are installed on unlapped shafts both in and out of the water every day with zero issues. Probably thousands every year in this country alone. While lapping the shaft may technically be the best way to go about installing a prop, it is by no means necessary. If it were, I would find loose props on almost every boat my little dive service cleans. But we don't. In fact it is quite rare.

My experience also.