sheer pins

I recently removed the prop off my 6hp Evinrude fisherman,the prop is in good
shape,so I polished it back down to the aluminium.Is it better to re-paint the prop,or leave it just polished?
Although I put the sheer pin in a safe place Haha,I can't find it.
I made a couple of new ones out of the right diameter albright nails.
Will these suffice,or do they need to be made of an easy sheer material?
I believe albright is mild steel with an additive to stop it rusting (lead I think)

I have a gallon of 140's gear oil that I used in a couple of british seagull gearboxes,would this be too heavy for the Evinrude ?
Kind regards
V

 

Oil should b ok. I would order a couple of new shear pins rather than rely on home made pins.

 

Sheer carelessness to lose that shear pin !

 

Hello me old mate,
I was wondering the difference in the spelling,sheer bad spelling in my old age I'm afraid.Haha
Have a nice day
V

 

You are probably right about the shear pins,I'm afraid I became a bit of a "Bush Mechanic"when I lived in SA in the 60's.(Whyalla)
It has helped get me out of a few scrapes over the years though.HaHa
Have a nice day
V

 

I'm not sure how badly the prop gets mangled before the shear pin pops, or if they go maybe a little too easily and leave you "all at sea".

 

Looks like I might need a "Pocketful"

 

At least with a light engine you can always haul it into the boat and replace the pin.

 

I was 70yrs in march,my legs just ain't what they used to be.If I fell in the drink a few years ago,it would have been a laugh,these days it might be a disaster.HaHa
I take my brother along or a mate to help out.

 

I have made my own shear pins as well but I prefer the proper pins . A bit like replacing a fuse with a bit of 1/4 rod. Whyalla in the sixties would have been an experience.

 

It was a part of my life I don't want to forget.Big bikes,Chevy's,Buicks etc.Kangaroo shooting through the night out of the back of a Holden ute.Lee Enfields from the ww2 stockpile in Adelaide £6.
It will never happen again unfortunately.
If I knew then what I know now,I would have been off to Port Lincoln 70 mls down the road and joined in with the Tuna farming fleet.

 

You weren't in that old movie "Wake in Fright" were you V ? Sounds right up your alley !

 

They asked me to be in it but I declined the offer,too tame for me.Haha.
It was a wild place,but at 16 with a load of Aussie mates,what an experience.
I learned to drive in a FJ Holden there.
The local speed cop was called Gillespie,(half Irish half Italian) If he caught you speeding on your bike he would offer you the choice of racing him to the water towers 12mls outside town,or booking you.He always won,until a guy they called "The mad Ding" came to town with a brand new Tiger 110 and whupped his arse.
Oh Happy days.

 

thats freedom. In australia these days you can't even fart without getting a permit and checking wind direction.

 

That cop wouldn't fit too well into the policing scene these days ! Good story though.