Reply To: 1966 Evinrude 9622A, 9.5 hp, motor mounts

[frankr]

1966 did not have vibration dampers on the sides of the powerhead.  Consequently, they did vibrate a LOT at idle.  Well actually, they did have sort of a vibration damper, which was pretty ineffective and broke often.

 

The first thing you need to do is determine whether or not the rubber mounts are broken.  Grab hold of the flywheel (not running, duh) and see if the powerhead flops all over the place, especially fore and aft.  The vibration damper will limit fore and aft movement somewhat, but try to evaluate what you are seeing.   And evaluate the vibration damper.  There is a friction pad glued to it, and is what falls off.

 

Yes, the motor has to come out of the clamshell to replace rubber mounts, but not the vibration damper.

 

Finally, OMC came out with a kit to update the early 9.5’s to later models with vibration dampers.  It makes a BIG difference.  I converted several of them back in “The Day”. Not a simple job, the motor has to come out of the clamshell.