- Location
- St. Louis mo
How is everyone fixing worn motor mounts
- Thread starter Jstaff53
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smokeysevin
one man with a couch
- Location
- Houston
When you say they are worn, are the inserts sloppy?
Sean
Sean
- Location
- St. Louis mo
No. But the metal has deffinetly been worn down. And as you can see the front part is worn down a fair amount
More details would be good....
Normal practice is replace the mount but your situation sounds like hull mountings is worn shorter ???
smokeysevin
one man with a couch
- Location
- Houston
I know the space around those mounts isn't abundant but can you get a straight edge and lay it flat across the mount then take a picture of it from 90 degrees out so we can see the gap?
Sean
Sean
- Location
- St. Louis mo
Yes mybad hull mountings are worn especially in the front of the mounting, id say about 16th of a inch maybe more. Only on the carb side Tho
Christian_83
Xscream
- Location
- Denmark
If the insert itself is not letting go of the hull. Dont stress it, leave it.
schicks
Karma Enforcer
- Location
- West Michigan
Yup, add a couple washers to the bolt and make sure there isnt crap at the bottom of the threads keeping bolt from clamping the mount down. Align motor and youll be good to go. If insert is loose, pull it out, buy a new insert and gflex epoxy it in straight.
- Location
- St. Louis mo
Sweet. Got this hull cheep and don’t wanna do a bunch of fiberglass work. Thanks a ton
long beach local
long beach local
- Location
- Az
I used short stainless timeserts to fix my carbon badass motor mounts as the aluminum glassed into the hull stripped out quickly and the stainless seems to hold up well especially in salt water. I`m sure the timeserts would work good with oem brass too and alot easier than glass work.
Vumad
Super Hero, with a cape!
- Location
- St. Pete, FL
None of us are doing anything about it. Don't sweat it if the motor mount is secured properly. You should be shimming your motor anyway which will correct any issues with the spacing of the mount.
However,
If you have a compulsive need for a flat mounting surface, you could try to fix it with epoxy.
Get a flat piece of Aluminum or Polycarbonate with the same bolt pattern as the mount.
Put mold wax in the threads, wax the bolts and wax the metal plate.
Prep by sanding and acetone.
Put epoxy on it, either thickened with fumed silica or use JB weld.
Bolt the plate down, let cure.
Block sand the surface (if necessary) and use a dremmel or die grinder to remove any excess.
It's not necessary, but it answers the "repair" question the best I can.
Polycarbonate would be so you can see and abandon if it is failing, but it could flex so you risk causing a failure in the attempting to prevent one.
However,
If you have a compulsive need for a flat mounting surface, you could try to fix it with epoxy.
Get a flat piece of Aluminum or Polycarbonate with the same bolt pattern as the mount.
Put mold wax in the threads, wax the bolts and wax the metal plate.
Prep by sanding and acetone.
Put epoxy on it, either thickened with fumed silica or use JB weld.
Bolt the plate down, let cure.
Block sand the surface (if necessary) and use a dremmel or die grinder to remove any excess.
It's not necessary, but it answers the "repair" question the best I can.
Polycarbonate would be so you can see and abandon if it is failing, but it could flex so you risk causing a failure in the attempting to prevent one.
- Location
- St. Louis mo
I ended up using couch mounts. Which made up the difference in what I was loosing.