JasonJ
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Re: Can a kicker be mounted to the main motor?
If you only remove the bolts on the side you are dealing with, it shouldn't move at all, but relieving the weight wit the lift or a floor jack under the skeg will help to prevent it from shifting if it was going to shift at all. And no, its not a lot of weight. When ever I remove a large outboard and leave it hanging on the lift, I lower it so the skeg is on the ground and the lift is more balancing it than actually suspending it. I do this to prevent the hydro from bleeding down. It would be best to engineer the plate first so all you have to do is unbolt and then rebolt in a short amount of time. <br /><br />You can always disconnect the linkages to be safe, it doesn't take long to disconnect that stuff.
If you only remove the bolts on the side you are dealing with, it shouldn't move at all, but relieving the weight wit the lift or a floor jack under the skeg will help to prevent it from shifting if it was going to shift at all. And no, its not a lot of weight. When ever I remove a large outboard and leave it hanging on the lift, I lower it so the skeg is on the ground and the lift is more balancing it than actually suspending it. I do this to prevent the hydro from bleeding down. It would be best to engineer the plate first so all you have to do is unbolt and then rebolt in a short amount of time. <br /><br />You can always disconnect the linkages to be safe, it doesn't take long to disconnect that stuff.
