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erik0905 · Post by **erik0905** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:33 pm

Hello all.

Will it bring me any trouble, to adjust the lenght of my motor, just by shorten the necessary things, to get a perfect lenght for my boat ?
I know I asked the same yesterday, but it has gone, as has the evt. answers.

Post by **RickUK** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:24 am

Hello Erik - you can shorten the motor by cutting the various bits down, but the simplest adjust the height of the motor is to put a spacing collar above the mounting bracket. You can do this with plastic pipe and 'jubilee' clips, but Seagull used to supply them, and I'm sure John of this site would be able to supply you. Each pair will raise your motor by approx. 30mm. This method is OK to make adjustments up to say 100mm., but not really suitable to make for example a longshaft motor to fit where a shortshaft should be used. Rick.

erik0905 · Post by **erik0905** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:05 am

RickUK wrote:Hello Erik - you can shorten the motor by cutting the various bits down, but the simplest adjust the height of the motor is to put a spacing collar above the mounting bracket. You can do this with plastic pipe and 'jubilee' clips, but Seagull used to supply them, and I'm sure John of this site would be able to supply you. Each pair will raise your motor by approx. 30mm. This method is OK to make adjustments up to say 100mm., but not really suitable to make for example a longshaft motor to fit where a shortshaft should be used. Rick.

Hi Rick - Thank you for your answer. I knew about these things, but i would like to keep the motor as low, as possible on the boat, not at least for the look of it. Erik