Repowering to a Beta 25 from a Westerbeke 21
3 responses to “Repowering to a Beta 25 from a Westerbeke 21”
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Hey! I’m about to install a new Beta 25 too…..
Question about how you attached the engine mounts to the engine bed – did you simply tap threads into what looks to be the thick aluminum plates that you used to shim the engine up to the level it needed to be?
I need to raise my engine bed a little bit also, about 1/2 inch. Was considering using aluminum plates for this. Removing the old mounts involved a nitemare of trying to reach the nuts under the engine bed. I was thinking that making threads in the new aluminum plates would be so much easier than trying to replace the nuts way underneath…would make it a lot easier to align the engine to the shaft.
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Glad to hear it, I did tap the aluminum flat stock for the 3/8” engine mount bolts. It made alignment a lot easier, and I have been happy with the setup with 300 hours and some very rough seas on it. I ordered an aluminum-specific tap from McMaster that did a really clean job on the thick material—worth the small expense. Have you ordered your engine yet? What kind of sailboat is your new Beta going in?
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Yes, thanks for the response! I’ll check out the special tap for that. Yes, the engine has been ordered and is about to arrive. Putting into a J/35. The fit is pretty good and I won’t have to modify the engine bed other than to shim it up a bit as mentioned.
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