On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:43:17 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:20:35 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:07:18 -0400, HK wrote:

CalifBill wrote:


"HK" wrote in message
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http://www.m-ywedge.com/

Device slips over engine tilt rams, keeps engine lower unit at good angle
for trailering, takes stress off rams. $30.
I and lots of the guys who trailer to Mexico, use a scrap piece of PVC.
Take a saw and cut a slot slightly smaller than the piston rod. Make one
end a little wider with a taper. Snaps over the piston rod, works great.
Saves at least $30 + shipping.
I'm sure you do.

However, the product in question is a bit more than a chunk of leftover
PVC. It's got a rubber insert that mates up with the ram and absorbs
shock. Your method may hold up the engine, but it also transmits all the
road shocks.

What is really funny about this is that vibration isn't transmitted
from the road up through the trailer to the engine.

That's a fact.

Uh-huh. Trailer hits pothole, boat sitting on it shakes, motor sitting
on boat shakes. But nothing is transmitted. Uh-huh.

Believe it or not - it doesn't.

Unless the pot hole is deeper than the hubs of your trailer, there is
no shock.

And I can prove it.

Well, it turns out that I can't prove it right at the moment. For
some reason, I can't find the g load and vibration data experiment I
did about ten years or so ago.

The engineer whose equipment I borrowed has a copy, but he's on
vacation and won't be back until after the 4th.

I left a message for him - I'm sure he has a copy.