CPT RJT - 6/7/2011 6:46 PM
ESOX Maniac - 6/4/2011 7:37 AM
The problem is not the ability of the transom to support the motor, it has to be able to do that with the motor both down and up. The real problem is that with the motor up, the entire lower unit acts like a large weighted lever and creates torque on the transom bracket (twisting force) from pot holes, railroad tracks, etc. large road shock's create a huge torque force, eventually over time something gives..... the transom. They don't call them "motor saver's".
Get one, its cheap insurance.
Have fun!
Al
like say the torque of the engine on the transom getting out of the hole or going WOT? or the torgue generated from trailer tires going over railroad tracks, potholse, etc., and to the trailer frame, to the transom saver, to the motor and than the transom? I use one all the time but wonder if they are worth it. tempted to get one of those mywedge's as they seem much easier. always seem to lose the bunjee, the pin to hold the saver in etc.
