I am preparing to mount a new four stroke motor mount on the back of my Hunter 25.5 I have constructed a new pad for the outside of the transom and a new pad for the inside of the transom I plan on using 8 bolts to bolt through the transom do I need 8 bolts or is this just overkill
the motor is a Tohatsu 9.8 four stroke and is considerably heavier than the two stroke it replaced, ( hence the new bracket) I bought a garelick 71090 mount
which appears to be well made and much heavier than the old mount..
I believe that I am going to have to fill or patch 2 holes of the existing fourh holes when I swap out the motor mounts so my question is this..
can I just fill the old holes with Marine Epoxy..
Also if you don't think I need the pad on the back then please let me know
my thought was that a pad under the motor mount in the shape of a trapezoid that is 5.5 inches longer than the bracket and 4 inches wider would help to distribute the load over a wider area again I plan on using 8 carriage bolts through the transom to more or less sandwich the transom between the two pads I made...
Thanks in advance for any information and your time
Respectfully
John
the motor is a Tohatsu 9.8 four stroke and is considerably heavier than the two stroke it replaced, ( hence the new bracket) I bought a garelick 71090 mount
which appears to be well made and much heavier than the old mount..
I believe that I am going to have to fill or patch 2 holes of the existing fourh holes when I swap out the motor mounts so my question is this..
can I just fill the old holes with Marine Epoxy..
Also if you don't think I need the pad on the back then please let me know
my thought was that a pad under the motor mount in the shape of a trapezoid that is 5.5 inches longer than the bracket and 4 inches wider would help to distribute the load over a wider area again I plan on using 8 carriage bolts through the transom to more or less sandwich the transom between the two pads I made...
Thanks in advance for any information and your time
Respectfully
John