Loose Pylon, too loose?

I discovered the other day when I was getting the boat ready to pull out for the season the pylon is loose. I can pull on it towards the drivers side and then towards the passengers side and the pylon moves a quarter of an inch. I have attached a picture of the gap that opens and closes on the bottom pylon mount. Is there something broken down in the fiberglass that I can't see or is a little play in the pylon normal?

Woof. That is a weekend long project.

Pull engine
Clean & remove gel from bracket area
Fiberglass bracket down
Replace engine

Tighten the cradle bolts. Allowing them to loosen is what damaged the hull mount. It should tighten the pylon until you can address it as HW stated above.

Yeah I was joking about pulling 5 people on a tube from my extended pylon. What kind of fool would do that! That'll take that lower mounting point and yank it right to the bottom of the lake followed by the boat with a 4" square hole in it.

Thank you for the responses. TRBenj, I haven't put a wrench on them but the u-bolts don't appear to be loose. There is no visible movement between the pylon and u-bolts. I will check them though. We put a barefoot boom on the pylon last year so that may have contributed to the looseness. We were careful to adjust the cable to the proper length when we installed it.

When I remove the engine/trans and pylon will I need to grind the fiberglass away all around the "L" bracket? Is it an "L" bracket bolted into a block, or is it just held in place by fiberglass?

Here is the thread link