Quote Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg View Post
I’ll send Willette a link to your post here slabbacks.

Personally I think that you could just spread the metal bracket a little bit but the new hardware would be a better fix overall. The amount of force needed to cause the transducer to kick up is determined by how tightly the metal bracket grips the plastic pivot arm. Those detents in sides of the metal bracket interfere with the pivot arm (and transducer) from swinging upwards, so bending them outwards would decrease the amount of force and bending them inwards would increase the amount of force needed for it to kick up. As long as the force is applied to the front of the transducer; it should kick upwards. Though not in your case; I’ve seen several transducers that broke when the boat back into of slipped sideways into stumps, rocks, etc. The kick up feature doesn’t help then…
Thx Greg

I took a mic to the two brackets and the first one I had was tighter than the new one. I also noticed when replacing it with the screws, you could see it pulled the ends in some...this may have been my problem in the first place. Not so much the bracket but the install using the transom plate. Must have been enough give to let the bracket bend in some. Got the parts and replaced them along with adding a Shield & Saver spring bracket.

With the shots I got after replacing the transducer, I think its still good to go. Took a heck of a lick and still stood up to the task.

thx again