Outstanding suggestions Pat. I just happen to have a couple of truck mud
flaps in the garage, but I'm sure he'll want to install it way before we get
to Center Hill. Now I'm thinking about changing mine to the way you said.



"Pat Goff @yahoo.com" pmgoffjrbot wrote in message
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Charles,
Take those rubber pieces of garbage and throw them straight into the
trash.
Useless would be a compliment.

Here's Pats two best way to mount a troll motor.
1. Absolute best way: **IF** you can get underneath to thru bolt it on, go
buy a rubber truck mud flap, cut it out the same size as your troll motor
mount. set your mount on the big rubber pad you just made, and use
stainless bolts, fiber lock nuts and the biggest dang washers you can, and
suck that mount down to the deck. It will never give you trouble.

2. Almost abolute best way. If you can NOT hold a wrench under the deck
to
thru bolt, get some stainless "togglers" which can be had at your marine
dealer, use the same mudflap for a bracket pad, and those will never give
you trouble.

Those cheezy rubber isolators are just a disaster waiting to happen.


"Charles B. Summers" wrote in message
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Ok, time for another round of "Charles's Idiot Questions", with your
host...
Charles Summers!

Thank you contestants, you know the rules... the first person with the
most
convincing argument wins!

First question, for $100... I went to the local BPS to pick up some of
those
little rubber trolling motor bolts and a connector cable for the
batteries.
After getting home and opening the box the new trolling motor was in, I
found a little bag of 6 long bolts, washers, and nuts, and after reading
the
directions... they are for mounting the motor to the boat. But, the
rubber
ones are for mounting too! So, which method should I go with? The rubber
isolators or the bolts with nuts?

Now... before you jump in here, there is a part two.

The rubber bolts keep the trolling motor from resting on the gelcoat
preventing damage. If I went with the bolts that were in the box, should
I
use something with them to prevent the mount from damaging the gelcoat,
or
is mounting the motor without a cushion ok?

insert calming music here