thanks for your reply. No the motor was a brand new unit straight from the box.
I"ve had the motor bracket inspected by a top alloy metal casting guru. The results came back that the bracket has a casting error. Having knowing this intel
this can be a lethal combination while motoring at speed. cause when this happened to me it nearly ripped my arm from it's socket. It was like holding on to a passing car.Humour me on that one Anyway johnson made life hard by making replacement parts a wild goose chase....... smells fishy hey. The production crew at johnson must've known that they did have a real problem at hand,just hoping that I'd go away. Sorry boy's TRAIN hard FIGHT easy.... I aint gunna lie down on this one.So yeah a couple of days from now I'm digging in and going legal.

A marine mechanic has let me know that the 2 piece part needed for repair is now NO longer in production. A one piece is now made...???? that smell of fish just getts stronger and stronger. Just how long before some one getts injured or even killed worries me!!