Big Kahuna
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Rickter use a motor mount plate. Go find build threads on them.
"Oh Fudge..........."
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MarkWalker
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Yikes. When you mess things up. You go all in....
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How much as she sits? lol
Big Kahuna
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For what, Motor or entire ski?
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Either or, what is the motor? Just looked through build thread but didn't see it mentioned.
Big Kahuna
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DASA 820 Non PV. 6mil crank.
Big Kahuna
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OEM Mounts. Maybe 6-7 times in surf. I ride alone at home so nothing crazy, dont even do flat water rolls when I am alone, will roll off boat wakes..
E350
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At 3:27:
Big Kahuna
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They only help with forward momentum. Dont help when the motor flies upwards.
Big Kahuna
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Bet you did not have to replace the crank though!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Did the engine bed plate pull out of the hull?
Or did the motor mount pull out of the bed plate?
Or did the motor mount base stay in the bed plate, with the motor mount breaking/separating with half remaining on the engine and the other half staying on the bed plate?
Or did the motor mount pull out of the bed plate?
Or did the motor mount base stay in the bed plate, with the motor mount breaking/separating with half remaining on the engine and the other half staying on the bed plate?
Big Kahuna
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Motor mounts failed
E350
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Got it. So hull is fine. Engine bed plate is fine.
So does that SS Socket screw in the pretty blue washer just screw into the rubber?
If so, it should have been designed to be a SS hex bolt with the head on the bottom under the motor mount which goes up through the rubber through the pretty blue washer which should really be a grade 8 or 10.9 SS thick fender washer into a SS hex nut.
That way a SS hex bolt acts as a"limiting strap" such that the engine cannot pull the rubber apart because of the bolt/nut running through the rubber, but the rubber still provides some vibration damping.
Don't you think?
Your ride report in the surf in your build thread indicates that you really liked the performance of the Rickter Edge hull. Do you still like the performance of the Rickter Edge hull?
Would you buy it again but for this motor mount design defect/fragmentation?
Edit: I know you are grumpy now. I get it. So too soon to ask?
So does that SS Socket screw in the pretty blue washer just screw into the rubber?
If so, it should have been designed to be a SS hex bolt with the head on the bottom under the motor mount which goes up through the rubber through the pretty blue washer which should really be a grade 8 or 10.9 SS thick fender washer into a SS hex nut.
That way a SS hex bolt acts as a"limiting strap" such that the engine cannot pull the rubber apart because of the bolt/nut running through the rubber, but the rubber still provides some vibration damping.
Don't you think?
Your ride report in the surf in your build thread indicates that you really liked the performance of the Rickter Edge hull. Do you still like the performance of the Rickter Edge hull?
Would you buy it again but for this motor mount design defect/fragmentation?
Edit: I know you are grumpy now. I get it. So too soon to ask?
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Big Kahuna
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Mounts fail. They are not nearly as strong as the use to be. Not a bad design. Just need to keep a closer eye on the. You dont want a thru bolt.
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Big Kahuna
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Little late now.
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Have Feeler gauges? Spin the crank 180 from where it hits the screw and see what she reads