Aim Outboard Recyclers - Quality Outboard Motor Service.
Are you having problems with your Outboard Motor? It may be a Pleasure, Work, Race, Classic or Performance outboard motor. Aim Outboard Recyclers can help! We are able to supply all your marine engine part and service needs. Servicing older Outboard Motors is not a problem, from tune-ups to complete overhauls we "AIM" to keep you on water.
Welcome to Aim Outboard Recyclers. Outboard Motors are a peculiar invention & to service them properly requires experience, patience & the proper equipment. Many special tools are required to service them from the second you remove the cover. We have those tools and use them all the time. An outboard motor is an engineering marvel. An engine in certain cases the size of your car's is mounted on top of a mid-section and all the Horsepower and Torque is transferred to the water through one gear less than half the size of a hockey puck. This is amazing when you think that there are still engines running that are more than 50 years old. We can Repair, Re-Condition or Restore those.
Outboard Motor Restoration
We have restored many outboard
motors, specializing in vintage Mercury Mark series racing engines. You may already have a running engine and would like to clean it up
or just have the powerhead looked over but some may opt to have the engine completely restored.
We offer the correct paint codes for the Mark series racing engines & many more. We use the correct primers & custom mixed base-clear coat paints to give a long lasting durable finish. If we run into a situation where the parts are not available, we can have them re-manufactured. An example, we had pistons re-manufactured using the latest technolgy by Wiseco to fit many years of vintage 50hp motors. Budgets do not always allow for remanufactured parts; we then search our large collection of used vintage parts. Whatever your restoration needs we can supply you with a beautiful motor that you will be proud to add to your collection.
Outboard Rebuilding and Re-Conditioning
Rebuilding an Outboard Motor is a detailed process; precise measurements, port chamfering & ring clearances to name a few,
all of these determine the engines durabilty & performance following the rebuild. The equipment used to recondition a cylinder is important, the boring
tooling must be straight and true & some engines require special cutters, these tool-bits are known as "off-set" cutters and are used on blind-hole cylinders. These cutters would be used on
Mercury engines from 1950 to some current models. Cylinder honing tools are important; and most cylinders depending on the engines port layout
require different hone stone configurations. The different grit of stones used & the final finish created on the cylinder walls determine the engines longevity, reliabilty & performance following the rebuild.
Outboard Lubrication & Performance
Outboard Motors use in most cases
a full complement bearing arrangement some may be housed in cage and some are
just loose needle bearings. But the point is, those bearings are in
constant contact with the crankshaft. So your choices of oil are
very important for trouble-free boating. Oil, Is it marketing? Is there a
difference? Yes, there are major differences in outboard motor oils. It is the
oil's base formula that is important. Klotz performance lubricants is always our
first choice for engine oil as well as extreme pressure gear oil for the lower
unit. Their base formula across all lines has remained the same throughout the
years. We use Klotz "Super-Techniplate" in racing engines and "Techniplate" in our pleasure engines. We recommend it to everyone.
Outboard Motor Maintenance
Tune-ups should be a yearly item for your outboard motor. ignition,
carburetion and compression are all that keep your outboard motor running
strong, if any of these fail you are sitting on shore. ignition parts today are
mostly solid-state devices, but they still connect together via wiring and have
introduced new problems like wear points & heat. Yearly Lubrication of wear points and inspection of your ignition components
wiring can help to prevent surprise problems.
