Hello,
I've seen the transom saver discussed to death but haven't really seen any mention of my personal concern, which is the flopping of my outboard on the steering axis while trailering. My boat is from the late 60s and uses the Teleflex inboard steering clamp block even though it is propelled by an outboard (the inboard clamp block is the one that gets connected to the transom by a single big-arse bolt through the transom). When I trailer (which I do with the motor up on the Johnnyrude latch) the motor bounces around slightly on the steering axis, which causes great force to be applied to the steering tube and the clamp block. I am not keen on this, and although it's been doing this for over a year now, it's really the one trailering situation that I am concerned about. I can't think of a good way to physically hold the motor straight (or even just cushion its return to the full-left or full-right rest position from a bounce) at the engine itself. Holding it straight from the steering wheel, via bungee, won't help as the same force will be exerted on the clamp block. Any ideas on how others deal with this, or would deal with it, is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-E
I've seen the transom saver discussed to death but haven't really seen any mention of my personal concern, which is the flopping of my outboard on the steering axis while trailering. My boat is from the late 60s and uses the Teleflex inboard steering clamp block even though it is propelled by an outboard (the inboard clamp block is the one that gets connected to the transom by a single big-arse bolt through the transom). When I trailer (which I do with the motor up on the Johnnyrude latch) the motor bounces around slightly on the steering axis, which causes great force to be applied to the steering tube and the clamp block. I am not keen on this, and although it's been doing this for over a year now, it's really the one trailering situation that I am concerned about. I can't think of a good way to physically hold the motor straight (or even just cushion its return to the full-left or full-right rest position from a bounce) at the engine itself. Holding it straight from the steering wheel, via bungee, won't help as the same force will be exerted on the clamp block. Any ideas on how others deal with this, or would deal with it, is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
-E