Garmin Ball Mount

RV · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2006 Posts: 20

Hi,

Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to get a ball mount for my Garmin from?

I don't want one with a sucker, vent mount, cupholder mount or similar, I just want the ball, with a short threaded bolt kinda thing coming out of the back, so I can mount the ball direct to a flat surface - any ideas??

I've tried RAM-Mount, their balls are bigger than the 17mm (or thereabouts) that I need...

TIA....
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pads69 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2009 Posts: 3

Hi,

I got a Hama unit which fits the Garmin ball to a universal mount from 7day shop - £7.49

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_10&products_id=105073
Hope this helps.

Peter

RV · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2006 Posts: 20

Thanks - thats sort of what I'm looking for, but not if you see what I mean!

I'm after the ball, plus a threaded stalk, so I can drop the thread through a drilled hole and then stick a nut on the back to secure it - there was a guy on here gauging interest in making them at the end of last year (I found his post and replied to it yesterday) but he seems to have dropped the idea / disappeared!

I'll keep looking I suppose!
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pads69 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2009 Posts: 3

I have just looked at mine and you may be able to do that with it.

The ball is hollow, and has a hollow pastic shaft supporting it. You could cut the shaft, and then put a bolt down the hole. It looks like an M4 bolt would just about fit.

Peter

RV · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 05, 2006 Posts: 20

I'll give that a go then!

Thanks for the assist!
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tophose · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 1

If that doesn't work, Garmin actually have a mount available where the ball is bolted to the base:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8556

Unfortunately I couldn't source one in the UK and so got it from the US here:
http://www.semsons.com/ganu4hoamadm.html

Alan

Cypermethrin · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 03, 2009 Posts: 9

RV

YOu may want to consider something like is show on the thread below....... basically backing the back off the Garmin mount and sticking it to the dash.

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=75937

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