Ordered my first mud motor - a 25efi Prodrive /w reverse. It should be here this week. On my transom there is currently a square of plywood - it appears it's riveted in. Should this be removed to mount my motor?

First impression would be no - don't remove it. Did you install the wood? It might be there to help strengthen it up for reasons unbeknownst to you.

If might be a good idea to remove it and beef it up correctly.

Pull it off and have a look. Get more photos. You can always put it back.

remove wood, beef with aluminum channel and square tubing (the right way)

get rid of the wood and get a welder to beef up the transom and put braces on the corners. u will break that transom, just a matter of time.

Take it out and put some aluminum there.

The wood holds water that will end up rotting the aluminum eventually.


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Yeah...ive rebuilt a wood transom and it sucks. Better to just do it right the first time if possible.