drobertsobx
Member
Found another weird problem with the motor. This concerns the PTT unit.
The tilt function seems to work as expected.
The trim unit has an issue.
When switching from tilt to trim function the unit is extremely noticeably slow and stalls halfway through the full limit... kind of spins it wheels for about 10 seconds then begins moving again and goes to full trim.
During the trim function the unit is also "creaking" for lack of a better term.
Reversing does not have the "stall" and goes up to the tilt just fine but very very slow.
Steps so far:
Topped off trim fluid, it was about 5-6oz low.
Removed Upper Pin on tilt cleaned lightly greased and reinstalled (it was oxidized very badly thought it might have been the noise, noise persists).
I do not see any fluid leaking anywhere.
Unscrewed the by bass valve with the motor down, lifted the motor by hand and did not hear any noise at the motor where the grease fittings are and moved effortlessly. I have a very bad back and did notice it would slowly fall down to the Trim point and stop, I was unable to push it in manually due to my back, just wouldn't budge with what I could do.
I had assumed it would move freely with a little effort.
Any recommendations for next steps would be appreciated.
I had not even tried the trim on the motor until today, because of the trailer design the trailer needs to be dropped to the ground at the coupler and the rear lifted or it will hit the cement driveway. The unit is not new I have just completed the strip, sand, prime, paint and clearcoat process on the motor already.
Thanks in advance Don
The tilt function seems to work as expected.
The trim unit has an issue.
When switching from tilt to trim function the unit is extremely noticeably slow and stalls halfway through the full limit... kind of spins it wheels for about 10 seconds then begins moving again and goes to full trim.
During the trim function the unit is also "creaking" for lack of a better term.
Reversing does not have the "stall" and goes up to the tilt just fine but very very slow.
Steps so far:
Topped off trim fluid, it was about 5-6oz low.
Removed Upper Pin on tilt cleaned lightly greased and reinstalled (it was oxidized very badly thought it might have been the noise, noise persists).
I do not see any fluid leaking anywhere.
Unscrewed the by bass valve with the motor down, lifted the motor by hand and did not hear any noise at the motor where the grease fittings are and moved effortlessly. I have a very bad back and did notice it would slowly fall down to the Trim point and stop, I was unable to push it in manually due to my back, just wouldn't budge with what I could do.
I had assumed it would move freely with a little effort.
Any recommendations for next steps would be appreciated.
I had not even tried the trim on the motor until today, because of the trailer design the trailer needs to be dropped to the ground at the coupler and the rear lifted or it will hit the cement driveway. The unit is not new I have just completed the strip, sand, prime, paint and clearcoat process on the motor already.
Thanks in advance Don