Selectrim Help

[gwhitley4395]

Good afternoon everyone,

I have scoured the internet, youtube, etc and have not found what I'm looking for as of yet. I have a '79 OMC 185 with Stringer 800 and Selectrim. I recently replaced the trim motor and both forward solenoids as both were not in working order and the trim motor was definitely past the point of rebuild.

I can now hear the motor clearly running but nothing is happening. After studying schematics in detail and reading the manual, I am concluding that it is either a reassembly issue caused by yours truly or something in the housing (worm gear, etc...) is seized up.

I am still fairly new to OMCs but I know the lack of availability of parts and the costs associated with them. After checking the ~$100 cost of a new worm gear/other parts, I decided it would be in my best interest to ask those of you who know more than me before I grab a pair of pliers and start yanking on stuff.

Also, actual pictures of the assembled/disassembled selectrim would be awesome.

Thanks in advance!

 

[southkogs]

Welcome - I've never disassembled gears in the trim mechanism. There are a couple of special tools required for shims and bearings I think. You may wanna' take a look for the shop manual on eBay and read through before diving in.

Another thing you can try is moving the trim with a screwdriver. I think that's just a "blade" connection from the motor to the shaft, like on the tilt motor. Maybe support the engine with a jack, and try moving the trim by hand to see if the mechanism if free and moving?