Transom Saver Usage

[AWH]

When I use my transom saver my motor won't stay in the straight ahead position. With the first turn or bump I hit, the motor will tilt. Is there anything that can be done to keep this from happening? Does it matter? I have a 1650 Crestliner Fish Hawk with an F80 Yamaha, if that makes a difference.

Thanks,
AWH

[Das Boot 3]

I drove all over Mn with a CL Superhawk 1600 (same hull) with a F80 last year. I had a transom saver and the motor was tilted to the side the whole time. Not real pleasing to the eye but it worked. The motor would swing to one side and stay there until I straightened it out at the landing or in the garage. I bungeed the motor straight once and I bungeed the steering wheel once but in the end, it was a waste of time and bungees.:)
DB3

[Brad]

It doesn't matter. Just make sure the transom saver is properly secured to both motor and trailer. With the transom saver in place, push down on the lower unit a few times to make sure the force is transferred directly to the trailer and not absorbed somewhere else.

[Basin]

If you are using the wedge or a board on a non tiller, you need to buy some stabilizers clips. Go to www.Detwillerindustries.com , For 10 bucks they will fix you up. They work great on my 621. Good Luck!! Basin

[Husky]

Does your motor have power trim? If so, the type of attachment on the motor end of the transom saver can make a big difference. Using a saver with articulated arms (like two tetter-totters cradeling the lower unit housing--rubber feet on the ends of the teeter-totters will keep the motor straight once you trim the motor down.
The worst at keeping the motor straight are the savers with a solid "V" that is covered with a plastic like coating. The motor seems to fall to one side or another, despite trimming it down.
At least that what m experience was. i settled on a Swivel-eeze articulating arm saver and it has worked fine since.

Here is a cabelas link so you can see what I am talking about

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jhtml?id=0001933&navAction=jump&navCount=0&indexId=&parentId=&parentType=&rid=

[Yellow Dog]

I have a 1750 FishHawk with a 90 Merc. Mine stays straight all the time. I tilt the motor down into the "v" pretty good, I have to wiggle it to get it off, but it stays put.

[Hawk]

Had the same problem. I took a strong bungee, wrapped over the steering wheel and hooked back onto the strap so not to mark the wheel and then hooked it to my seat track-no problem now. I also had problems with cutting straps that hold the lower unit onto the V. I took a " fun noodle " one of the 4' by about 5" dia. foam floatation toys kids use at pools, cut it down to about 5" -cut a slit about half wat thru and no more cutting straps. I really don't understand why velcroe isn't used more----Oh yes, that would make too much sense. Fishin On!

[eye4aneye]

Bungee the steering wheel to something! It's that easy.

[mbrandt]

The same thing happened to me and I was just learning to live with it. Then I read here that you want the saver to cradle the motor high up on your lower unit, just under the cavatation plate. I started doing this and the "problem" went away. You might try that.

Mark

[Hunt4Ever]

I just went through this. Here is the fix, now listen closely...

Bungee cord the steering wheel.

I took a bungee and wrapped it from the bottom of the steering wheel to then around the drivers seat post. Works great and I haven't had a problem since. I took some foam, the kind you use for freezing pipes and placed it around the bungee cord to it woundn't mess up the seats.

The best part was, it was cheap and I already had the parts.

[Kurt B]

I had the same problem with my F80 as well. Since I run a tiller I didn't have the option of securing the steering wheel to something. After getting advice on Walleye Central a few years ago I was able to solve the problem.

I purchased a SWIVL-EZE Adjustable Head Transom Saver to replace the V-style one I was using. The only problem I had was that the SWIVL-EZE only comings in (at least I could only find) an over-the-roller model. I have a Shorelander trailer with a bracket mounted under the frame to accept a "cork screw" style attachment transom saver. I simply attached the cork screw mount onto the shaft of the new SWIVL-EZE adjustable head version. Not a problem ever since.

The other advice I received was to shorten the transom saver so the motor was not tilted as high. The higher it is, the more the motor wants to turn while trailering.

Hope this helps you.

[Webby_1]

On my old boat, a 1775 Pro V tiller, I had a 70 hp Yamaha that had a wing nut to tighten the steering. I tightened that while trailering and it solved that problem for me.