Mounting the outboard engine on heavy duty rubber pad !!!!!!
This might sound a bit wierd to some folk out there, but here goes.
Is there any problem in fitting the engine on the transom and putting a heavy duty rubber pad between
engine and transom ?
I ask this as today ive fitted a real heavy duty rubber pad thats 1/2 thick and when tightened the bolts up its squashed down to almost 1/4 inch.
I am thinking that it could help with vibration and also keep the engine from shocking the transom or
causing any damage to transom when tightened up.
Plus its gives a very even load bearing compared to just bolting to the fibreglass.
My boat used to have a real crap piece of plastic on the transom that the makers call a transom pad.
Its just a very flimsy hard plastic thing and ofcourse it broke as soon as i dropped it on the floor.
So in my wisdom i cut a large rubber pad i had lying around for years and mounted the engine with that.
Now tonight im wondering if there is any reason not to have the rubber pad :confused:
Any views on this good or bad ???????
phill..:cool: