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eric
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Initially Posted - 11/06/2001 :  13:16:16  Show Profile
hi
im trying to get info on anybody who has installed a 4 stroke on the stock catalina bracket and how its working out. it seems to me that if the bracket can handle the weight then there is no point of changing it. If the transom flexes for an old brack
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goodone
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Response Posted - 11/06/2001 :  18:49:15  Show Profile
Can't speak specifically on the Catalina bracket but what usually ends up happening is that the heavier 4 stroke engine when used on a typical 2 stroke bracket the "return" springs don't give enough assist and it gets real tuff to lift it back up. Some pe
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Douglas
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Response Posted - 11/06/2001 :  19:29:25  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
I have the stock braket. Its a dual swing arm set up with two springs. One at the bottom of each arm. I have had a 10hp and an 8hp 4 stroke Honda on it and it worked fine until one of the springs broke. Im presently looking for a replacement braket/mount.
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 11/08/2001 :  22:35:00  Show Profile
Hi guys,

Here's a story on the old motor mount with a big engine.

When I replaced the Johnson 2stroke two years ago with a Evinrude 4stroke, I knew the weight difference would be about 20-30#s. I already had modified my original Catalina mount (Ga
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Bristle
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Response Posted - 11/09/2001 :  10:39:53  Show Profile
Jim... I don't know where you'd get an OMC bracket--the dealers around here can't find any evidence of them, and the company has been split up, with the outboard business going to Bombardier (Canada).

An alternative is a mount from Fulton for high-thr
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Spain
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Response Posted - 11/15/2001 :  12:01:40  Show Profile
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Jim... I don't know where you'd get an OMC bracket--the dealers around here can't find any evidence of them, and the company has been split
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Spain
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Response Posted - 11/15/2001 :  12:12:56  Show Profile
I just made a phone call to see if the OMC brackets are still available at the place where I bought mine a couple of years ago. The are still available. The price for the heavy duty one is $420.24. This is at the FAIRWINDS Marina, near Annapolis Md. T
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