Power Trim Adjustment

Thomv

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I am having difficulty trying to level off both of my drives so that they both are level with each other in the down position. It seems my port side drive is going lower than my starboard side drive as can be seen by the attached pictures. When I do raise my port drive by trimming it up using my individual port trim rocker switch so that it is now level with my starboard drive my trim indicator, please see attached picture, for my port drive, now displays as if that drive is higher than my starboard drive trim indicator even though both drives are now level. Not quite sure how to fix this. I also notice that when I hit the down trim button on my dual throttle rocker switch both drives will go down together but when they reach the bottom limit I do hear my port drive unit stop drive motor change sounds while my starboard side drive keeps running but does not go down far enough to be level with my port side drive. I am pretty sure this has to do with the limit switches on both drive units but I am not entirely sure about adjusting them. Looks like each drive has one limit switch on each side of each drive. Any help on a fix for this would be most welcome.
 

Don S

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Re: Power Trim Adjustment

for my port drive, now displays as if that drive is higher than my starboard drive trim indicator even though both drives are now level. Not quite sure how to fix this

Adjust the trim sender on the starboard side of the gimbal ring.

View attachment Trim limit switch install instructions.pdf

As far as the drives not lowering the same amount, disconnect the trim rams from the drives and see if they go down the same amount.
This will eliminate the problems being the rams or the drive itself. They should go down the same amount.
 
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