Hello everyone. I am finishing up my preparations for heading out to
live aboard. My last serious issue is relating to the
motor mounts. Take a look at the mounts themselves. There is a stud that appears to be welded to the
engine bed with a round rubber bushing with a hole in the center. The mounts as you can see are badly worn and in the rear provide no dampening. I have been to every
marine store/surplus/boat yard and no one seems to recognize them. I need a solution sooner than later. I have read that there are two mounting types, "Hard" or "Flexible" These mounts appear to be hard. I would attribute the badly worn cutlass bearing that I replaced on the last
haul out after my
purchase of Hannah to the vibration caused under
power as the
engine vibrates transmitting that through the prop shaft and log to the bearing. Any and all advise would be greatly appreciated. I have thought about making my own from urethane bushings or auto body mounts and as a last resort using a hockey
puck shaved to be in trans prop flange tolerance with a hole drilled in the middle in the mean time to finding a solution. Thanks in advance!
I know they are dirty, I'm
cleaning out the engine bay next, just replaced the
transmission and sealed the valve cover
oil leaks.
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