Transom replacement???

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Sorry gents....but I am going to disagree (politely).

Even if the original transom is in good shape, he cannot simply slap on a bracket. The transom was not designed for this.....and the combination of the bracket's weight plus the vertical, horizontal, lateral, stress that it will place on the transom will cause it to fail miserably.

The original transom will need to be reinforced from the inside with additional supports (knees, crossmembers, etc)before the bracket can be added.

In my opinion, you should start from scratch and rebuild/rengineer the entire transom so that it can support a bracket.