New Motor Mount

Joe11688 · Jul 30, 2011

rawlings said:
I need to purchase a new motor mount for my 1979 O'day 22. I currently have an older 2 stroke motor but want to be able to upgrade in the future to a 4 stroke. I am considering the Garelick motor mounts. Does anyone see any issue with buying the 4 stroke mount kit, running my old 2 stroke for a few more years and then upgrading motors? I can't see any issue, but I've been wrong before......

Thanks

My friend Wayne is currently thinking of changing the motor mount on his boat and he's trying to decide on whether to buy a Garelick 4 stroke motor mount. Right now he has a heavy duty Garelick motor mount that wasn't made for a four stroke engine but it has pitch pitch adjustments on it. He claims that the Garelick four stroke motor mount doesn't have engine pitch adjustments on it. His boat doesn't have a fiber block on the transom such as the one on my 1986 O'Day 222 which would provide the right pitch for the outboard both up and down and sideways. He just bought a Tohatsu four stroke 9.8 extra long shaft for it last winter and has been using it on this mount.
If you have a fiber block on your transom, you're in like Flynn because your engine will be straight with your transom. I would beef up the inside of the transom with a strong backing plate and go for it. If on the other hand, you don't have the block, you may want to keep in mind the pitch adjustment dilemma of the Garelick bracket. This really has a lot to do with the shape of your boat's transom. You want your engine to be straight with the keel as well as level up and down.

ruidh · Jul 30, 2011

Pitch adjustment is a feature of most modern outboards. My '08 Tohatsu 9.8 has it, so my Garelick 4 stroke mount doesn't need it.

To the OP, the mounting holes on the 4 stroke bracket are likely not in the same place as those for the two stroke. If you have plans to switch outboards, I'd go withthe 4-stroke bracket. I have used a 4-stroke on a 2-stroke bracket and it twisted the bracket pretty badly under use. I did not feel comfortable with it.

Joe11688 · Jul 31, 2011

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Pitch adjustment is a feature of most modern outboards. My '08 Tohatsu 9.8 has it, so my Garelick 4 stroke mount doesn't need it.

If his boat has a block on the transom, he could get along with the just the outboard pitch adjustment. If on the other hand his boat doesn't have the stand off block, he may need to get one or buy a four stroke bracket that does have the pitch adjustment. Wayne has had to use both adjustments on his boat in order to get his outboard straight. It all hinges on the boat model and the shape of the transom.

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