Re: 30 Hp Johnson Outboard
Hey Vic,
First, yeah the transom clamps (they "had" little plastic handles that I guess are used to loosen them)...Those were the first things to break off...
I'd have never thought to look at a engine parts list for this...but you're right, if they had been different there would have been two parts (I guess left and right?)
Since the one came out pretty easy...I might just try drilling the "stubborn one"....Right before checking for replies, here at iboat, I was reading some "general info" on broken bolt and stud removal...(the heating came up) as well as progressively drilling and then use an extractor or tap...
You're concern over possibly breaking the bracket helps too...Since I know it's some kind of cast aluminum that would be "THE LAST THING" I want to break/crack...
If (when) I get this broken piece out (and clean up the threads on the bracket holes)...Have you ever heard of substituting a "same diameter" steel bolt, for these standard bracket bolts...When I checked one of the Johnson Outboard parts list, you had referred to earlier,....these transom bolts are about $35.00 each (STICKER SHOCK)
...plus another 3 or 4 bucks for the round cap that actually snugs up against the inside of the transom...Seems like a bolt could be threaded into the bracket hole and then use some kind of stiff plastic (like maybe a disc cut from a piece of Trex deck board material or maybe even a piece of tire tread) either material could be "slightly drilled" so the end of the bolt would not slip off the disk...Besides, there are two "'additional" smaller bolts...that also go thru the bracket and transom, to secure the motor...
If this would work...I can save the money for gas and oil LOL
Thanks again for the help
Mike75