My home made prop removal tool, the steel pieces must be very strong, alloy is unlikely to be up to it, A couple of years ago I tried with two pieces of angled alloy to form a "U" and it buckled very quickly and did not work.
Some spare threaded rod would be a good idea as its easy to damage the thread where the rod goes through the angle iron. I initially used 6mm rod but that bent, 8mm was OK on subsequent use but 10mm might be better although that may need more grunt to move.
With a minor mod it should also work as a cutlass bearing removal tool with a suitable pusher. Its a chick and egg situation but an old cutlass bearing cut in half lengthwise should work, fortunately the bearing does not need replacing so testing that will have to wait for another year.
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| Wood pieces are to protect the propeller blades. When really tight a light tap on the triangular with a mallet may be helpful. |
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| Before tightening, as it tightened I lifted it up somewhat. Mistake No 1 is leaving the nut off, in place but eased it will stop the prop falling off. |
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