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Kicker motor on inboard boat8/18/2023 So in these conditions must only run at idle or when the prop comes out the motor will rev way up and The boat prop will come out of the water. The motor will go completely under the water when backing into the swell then as it passes under I do not know about your boat but on mine on my marginal days with 8 foot swells every 8 seconds What's the chance of the bracket coming off without ripping my boat apart? I could put it on the other side but would it interfere much with my transducer? I'd assume the little motor would be hanging behind it on one of these brackets.Īlso, does the kicker need to hang as low as the main engine? I'm leaning more to fabricating something that goes into the stayput bracket. I'd hate to be stuck at fixed level in the water if conditions change. The solid mount seems like a better solution but I don't think that will work well for my rig. I could make it work by cutting an ear or 2 off the mounting plate which I don't think will affect the integrity too bad. Cabela's has a blueprint of the mounting surface for that particular bracket. I've looked at the panther 4 stroke bracket. The bracket is solid enough to do it and the 4 stroke kicker I'm looking at weighs 83 lbs. I thought about making a pole with a welded on plate that slides into the stayput bracket but I'm not sure if the motor will be deep enough in the water. What makes it hard is the transom is not flat from side to side, they put the tie down hooks right in the wrong spot, and I have a stay put bracket 3M 5200ed on the side I need to put the motor, lol. This year I converted mine to a 15 HP Honda 4 stroke and it works but could be stronger. My brackets are about 1985 models and new one cost more but are better. I am not sure you have room for the bracket. When all the way down and release the lever comes about half way up then have to lift from there. Now when I release the lever it will go about half way down then to get all the way down The second unit took all the side to side movement out. I had to also tie the two release levers together also. Later I added a second one of the same type then made mounting board to tie the two together. On it I had a 15 HP Johnson 2 stroke in the picture and it worked ok but a little hard to lift. I had one with a lift of 15 inches and rated for 20 HP 2 stroke. Like rated for a 20HP 4 stroke and Stainless for Salt water. If you get a bracket I would suggest you get one way over rated. Maybe it is just because of the size of your main motor. It does not look like you have a lot of room on the transom. Re: kicker motor installation - pic of transom
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