Mounting system for a rear steering assembly of a marine outboard engine

摘要

A marine outboard engine has a cowling having at least one rear panel at a rear end of the cowling. The cowling encloses a power head. A plurality of mount points are disposed inside the cowling and adapted for rigidly mounting a tie-bar bracket. Each mount point is rigidly connected to the power head and has a bracket-mounting hole formed therein. The at least one rear panel has defined thereon a visual indication of an area to be removed to create an opening adapted for receiving therethrough a tie-bar bracket mounted on and extending from the mount points. A tie-bar bracket having a mounting portion and a tie-bar coupling portion is also disclosed. A method of assembling the tie-bar bracket in the cowling is also disclosed.

主权项

1. A marine outboard engine configured for mounting a tie-bar bracket, the marine outboard engine comprising:
a cowling having at least one rear panel at a rear end of the cowling; a power head disposed inside the cowling; and a plurality of rigid mount points disposed inside the cowling, each mount point being rigidly connected to the power head and having a bracket-mounting hole formed therein, the bracket-mounting hole being one of a threaded hole and an unthreaded through-hole, the at least one rear panel having defined thereon a visual indication of an area to be removed to create an opening, whereby when the area is removed to create the opening and the tie-bar bracket is mounted to the plurality of mount points, a portion of the tie-bar bracket extends through the opening.