Prop contact with trailer

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I'm looking for what went wrong. I was lifting both boat and trailer to get all the tires off, so I can get at the hubs and do the bearings (the Supra). After I got everything settled I noticed there was a clearance issue with the prop. Now it's making contact with the steel section underneath it by about 1/8". I checked all the welds and tubing for cracked paint or anything that might indicate where something might have shifted but couldn't find anything. I did notice, however, that there was rusted bare metal under the prop indicating that there might have been some minor contact. I checked the prop and everything seemed smooth and fine. No bent blades or anything to indicate that there had been any contact.

At this stage I'm not going to be concerned until I've got the tires back on and the trailer is in its proper stance.

On the chance that, when I've completed everything, the prop is still contacting the trailer I need to prepare and have a game plan on what needs to be done.

I haven't searched the forum yet for similar issues, but plan to.

1. Has anyone run into this before?
2. Anyone know what kind of clearance there should be?
3. What can be done to fix this?

I've got access to acetyline, welding gear, etc.



If you notice, the cross section of iron at the back of the trailer is even higher than where the prop is touching, so this whole section is probably going to have to go down about 1/2".

Good thing I've still got the outback.