motor mounts..How often do they break?
- Thread starter Roseand
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Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
They break when you dont expect or need them to.
Big Kahuna
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- Tuscaloosa, AL
Dont use WSM mounts, totally junk, fail just from jumping.
icecoled007
Captain of this ship
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- Colorado
I also wonder this.... my mounts from my 97' SJ look good.
Dont want to fix whats not broken, but if I need to replace them I prefer to do it while the ski is apart.
Dont want to fix whats not broken, but if I need to replace them I prefer to do it while the ski is apart.
Yeah! Exactly. My mounts are 19 years old, and they seem fine. I don't think the previous owner thrashed the ski around that much so I dunno if I should replace em.
Vumad
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- St. Pete, FL
I just replaced my 2004 OEM mounts with Rhaas mounts. 2 of my mounts failed because the top plate separated the rubber. I decided to go with the Rhaas mounts because his mounts are not just a piece of metal glued to a piece of rubber. His mounts have some gnarly teeth and the rubber is formed around these teeth. The tops will not simply separate or twist off. I'm not a very abusive rider. The stock mount bonding method is just weak. Any mount I've had fail has always failed in this way.
I like cheap, but I don't mind spending money on a good product for a good reason. The teeth that keeps the mount in one piece is a very good reason to spend a little extra.
Ducky
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- Charlotte, NC
Take your mounts in your hands and give them some side to side force and if you dont see any separations, keep running them. It is definitely a good idea to have a spare set on hand, especially since you can get a spare set of couch mounts for like 40 bucks.
naticen
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Here in the salt, our SN killed the OEM's that came with it in a year, the first version of RHaas' that weren't billet in 2 years. My buddy's brand new 2010 SJ in one year. I've got some Cold Fusions and the new RHaas right now that hopefully will do some good. All stock motors by the way.
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- South Africa
Start doing failed backflips and rolls I snapped 3 mounts in one go and they were only 2 years old so bought cold fusion and wont look back
Quinc
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- California
Will any Yamaha couch mounts work?
I think all wr3's bars and such are al the same or has been with my experience.
Ducky
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- Charlotte, NC
WR3, VXRs, Waveraiders, Waveventures, and some GPs. Pretty much most of the older ones that have a twin cylinder motor.
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- Edmonton, AB
With your cold fusion mounts run locktight on your hi and low screws. The extra vibration causes the carbs come out of tune quicker
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- Boynton Beach
all mounts fail eventually if you drop the ski sideways, upside down or dead flat or just due to salt water corrosion. If you ride ocean and get some air, do not count on 17 years old mounts. If you own an expensive ski, inspect mounts every six months by removing one at the time in order the avoid misalignment and replace them once a year if you really care about your boat. Sometimes the only way to see a compromised mount is by removing it completely off the ski.
Im running the latest 701 industries mounts and have had some big upside down landings in the surf to the point my hood has cracked and they are still going strong. They have a stainless bolt threw them but its set at a distance so its not tight on the mount to add vibration, but allow the mount to flex enough with out completely letting go and xxxxing,the coupler and you engine smashing around in the bay. Lifetime warrantee. I do run keepers though but they don't stop any mount form letting go from landing upside down only from going forward. 701 do make engine mates that can be incorporated with keepers that do stop them from letting go from upside down landings they hook over your bed plates but sit a little higher as to not add vibrations , this is a full bullet proof system then. but I don't run them and still no problems.
some guy that tested them here ran with no keepers or mates and still couldn't break them.
some guy that tested them here ran with no keepers or mates and still couldn't break them.
piratelife
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- In the hood wood
I broke two couch mounts last season.
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- new jersey
I was missing a wb1 mount on a new 1100 build, so along w/ other parts i ordered a monkey grip mount- says they're stronger than oem. Should I be concerned?