Yet at Garmin mount question

[Dragnotcher]

Hi!

I??ve purchased a Garmin 276cx, with this rugged cradle: Garmin GPSMAP 276Cx, Garmin Montana 600 series and Garmin Monterra Marine Rugged Mount - 010-11654-06 (activegps.co.uk)

Does anyone know what i need to fit it into the cupholder on a 2021 FX Cruiser HO? If you have the part numbers for Ram Mounts or other equal solutions?

Best regards!

[Sailorman]

I would contact Ram mounts. They helped me get the right items to mount my handheld vhf.

[musubi]

Hi!

I??ve purchased a Garmin 276cx, with this rugged cradle: Garmin GPSMAP 276Cx, Garmin Montana 600 series and Garmin Monterra Marine Rugged Mount - 010-11654-06 (activegps.co.uk)

Does anyone know what i need to fit it into the cupholder on a 2021 FX Cruiser HO? If you have the part numbers for Ram Mounts or other equal solutions?

Best regards!

I'm not sure if the 2021's are the same layout at the 2022's, but for my 2022 FX HO, there's a female screw hole at the bottom of each cup holder that's threaded 1/4-20. I basically used that to design my own fish finder mount using Ram ball items, such as:https://www.ebay.com/itm/202903809956

I bought a 1/4-20 threaded rod and used that with the ram ball and a custom rounded aluminum plate to mount my Garmin fish finder. I'll take a picture later and post it. Super solid.

[musubi]

This is my mount I made for my Garmin:


The 1/4-20 threaded rod is not seen in this picture, but it's screwed in to the bottom of the cup holder. Then I tapped that 3/16 thick aluminum circle to receive the 1/4-20 threaded rod. The threaded rod sticks out about an inch or less above the aluminum plate and that's where I screw in the Ram ball mount. I drilled an opening for my cables, twisted everything on and it holds super solid. I used the type C (1.5") ball as I'm sure the type B would be a little weak and wobbly.

[K447]

This is my mount I made for my Garmin:


The 1/4-20 threaded rod is not seen in this picture, but it's screwed in to the bottom of the cup holder. Then I tapped that 3/16 thick aluminum circle to receive the 1/4-20 threaded rod. The threaded rod sticks out about an inch or less above the aluminum plate and that's where I screw in the Ram ball mount. I drilled an opening for my cables, twisted everything on and it holds super solid.

What did you do to avoid twisting the cables around the threaded rod?

[musubi]

What did you do to avoid twisting the cables around the threaded rod?

That's a good observation. It was tricky trying to prevent this. If I remember correctly, I wrapped the cables in the opposite direction, ran it through the hole, then twisted the plate on. I believe it came out twisted half a turn.

I suppose the other way I could do this is just tie string to the cables, then fish it out later with no twist.

[K447]

That's a good observation. It was tricky trying to prevent this. If I remember correctly, I wrapped the cables in the opposite direction, ran it through the hole, then twisted the plate on. I believe it came out twisted half a turn.

I suppose the other way I could do this is just tie string to the cables, then fish it out later with no twist.

A notch in the plate (rather than a hole) might allow the plate to be screwed down most of the way, then reverse spiral a few times before holding the cable into the notch and threading the plate down the last few turns.

My own Garmin cable has a rather large connector on the end, so a notch could be cable sized rather than needing a thumb sized hole.


Another method would be to not thread the disc, just clearance the center hole to barely slide over the threaded rod and depend upon the threaded RAM fitting to clamp the whole thing in place. Perhaps cut/trim the rod to perfect length, Loctite the RAM fitting onto one end and then use it like a long bolt to screw everything down into the bottom threaded hole.