What is up with my drive? It seems to not want to trim in?
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Originally Posted by FeverMike
Mike if you need me to tow your boat in the water to your lift or elsewhere please call me. I'll be on my cell most of the day
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Mike, I will be over in the morning with my boat. Call me tonight...very late is cool, we are up till midnight so it's ok to call.
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sounds like you have a bad solenoid for the trim down section, the solenoids are the same part number for up and down, they are about 25 bucks at a merc dealer, you might try to jump around the solenoid, dont run your engines in gear for a long period of time, the u joints will be in a bad angle if in trailer mode
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Very wierd. Sounds like you have some debris lodged up in there.
Do not take this likely. I had this same issue. I had a problem with a drive not wanting to trim in correctly. Turns out the outer bell housing pins and bushing had a flaw inside the gimble. This resulted in my wear pads grinding together and eventually landing on top of one another, and my outer bell housing shattered and ripped the drive right off.
Do not take this likely. I had this same issue. I had a problem with a drive not wanting to trim in correctly. Turns out the outer bell housing pins and bushing had a flaw inside the gimble. This resulted in my wear pads grinding together and eventually landing on top of one another, and my outer bell housing shattered and ripped the drive right off.
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Originally Posted by FeverMike
Mike, I will be over in the morning with my boat. Call me tonight...very late is cool, we are up till midnight so it's ok to call.
Mike ,
Thanks for towing me over to my dock.
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Originally Posted by H2Xmark
sounds like you have a bad solenoid for the trim down section, the solenoids are the same part number for up and down, they are about 25 bucks at a merc dealer, you might try to jump around the solenoid, dont run your engines in gear for a long period of time, the u joints will be in a bad angle if in trailer mode