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OJ
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Initially Posted - 02/10/2010 :  09:50:43  Show Profile
I used to have this bracket on a previous C25 and loved it. Have been searching for another for a recently acquired C25 - but a dealer said that the replacement hydraulic assist was no longer available - and Bombardier confirms this.

So, if the gas filled shock goes bad (and it is not servicable) you are stuck with a worthless $952.75 motor bracket. No surprise that once the current inventory of brackets runs out - they will not produce more.

Oh well, I guess the Garelick 71091 it will be!
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 02/10/2010 :  10:43:12  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Well, I can vouch for the Garelick, that's the same one I have. Other than occasionally being a bit of a pain to lock all the way down and get all the way back up, I like it. I think I just haven't used it enough to know all it's little tricks.

It seems counter intuitive to have to push away and down to lower it, and push away & pull up to raise it for some reason. I completely understand why it's necessary (the detents only go in one way, so it has to be pushed away to disengage them), but when operating it it just feels "wrong". Maybe it's just me. It would feel more natural to me to pull up and in to raise it, and push down & out to lower it. Maybe I'm just hard to please. I always feel like I'm about to push myself over the stern when I'm trying to raise it.

Other than that quirk, I like how deep it gets my prop into the water, and it's solid as a rock. No corrosion after two years or so in a brackish environment, although it gets rained on enough to keep it relatively salt free.
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