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I have an old-timer fishing buddy who has been insisting I need to carry a spare shear pin for my Mercury 8hp outboard. I grew up with boats in the family and had never heard of such a thing. Yes, I know what a shear pin is and what it does, but never heard of people carrying spares for outboard motors with them at all times. While I'm a younger guy, and new to having my own boat and motor, I wonder if that's yet one more thing that I've learned I don't know. #-o I've been searching ebay and such for clues as to whether or not this is a thing, and I've come up empty. Is my old friend trying to tell me something that he is just personally paranoid about but isn't really a thing? Or do I really need to get my hands on some spare shear pins because that's just normal boating operation?