Stringer Tilt Question

[Zamble]

I just replaced my tilt motors, cleaned and lubed the clutch pack. But when I engage the tilt, the motors stick on both outdrives. They will slowly go up, then stop. After a few minutes, they wil work but only in the same way again.

I read in the Clymer book, that the quadrant can get sticky and to replace them. But these look in decent shape. I ran the clutch gear over the quadrant by hand and noticed some sticking points, but obviously I cannot put the pressure over the gear/quadrant, that the weight of the outdrive does.

Can I file the down a smudge to make the action a little smoother? 4

What are your suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

the trick to eliminating the duadrant gear, is to loosen the 3 bolts fastening it to the upper. If it still sticks with the quadrant gear loose, the problem is elsewhere.

How many shims did you use on the tilt clutch cover?
Have the trunnions been greased lately? - you can remove the quadrant gear completely and try lifting the drive to see if it swings up smoothly.

Best maintenance is to remove all the heavy terminals from the solenoids, and file both sides of the ring terminals shiny, then...most importantly - file the terminal side of the nut shiny - then clean or replace the 50A barrel fuses. the original glass fuses aren't corrosion resistant - the metal ends are always rusty - sos pad will clean it up

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

When we removed the quadrant, the outdrive lift easy. They both were just removed and rebuilt.
On the cover I only used the gasket. It was all that was on there before we serviced the clutch packs.
It seems likes it might be binding up, but we can't for the life of us figure out where.
I took the solenoids off, cleaned them and and the wire connecters with a dremel. I took out all my batteries and am getting ready to go and have them tested in a few minutes.

 

[Howard Sterndrive]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

That 308799 "gasket" is actually a shim, and you have to shim as necessary to provide clearance for the brass gear to turn. Sometimes, 1 is enough. Often, 2 are required. Yours may be too tight.
The cover actually seals with an o-ring, yet it is common for folks to slather sealant on that gasket thinking that keeps water out.

you can try loosening the cover bolts and see if that improves the situation. if it does, add another shim

Problems on the electrical side are still much more common though than mechanical resistance.

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

Ok, so we took the clutch pack out on the port again. With out the worm gear in, it spins very easily. We also filed some burrs on the quadrant and the gear on the clutch pack shaft.
But we are unable to test it. I took my batteries out the other night, and had them tested yesterday. One tested at 6v, obviously bad. The other 3 tested 12.8ish volts, but when the computer testing them under load it dropped to 9v. We had tested them with a multimeter when we engaged the starter and they did not drop in volts.
So now I am trying to figure out where to come up with the money to buy 4 batteries similiar to what I had in there. I had about 200ah., at about 1100 mca. At sears they are one sale right now for $189.00. Lol.
So once I replace the batteries I can test the tilt.

 

[1neil]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

omc really screwed up when they rigged that tilt system, mine does the same thing

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

Did you fix your problem?

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

So I replaced all the batteries with Die Hard Platnium Marine PM1's, 3 of them. We still had the same problems. and now a new one. The hammerstrike coupler one the port engine apparently broke. We were engaging the drive, it was still sticking. Then the motor started spinning freely and not moving the outdrive at all. So we took the tilt shaft out and it was in good shape. Crap.

The starboard engine still sticks. It goes up slowly, but then drops fast and then it binds and wont budge.

Can the problem be the quadrant? We cleaned them off and the deburred them and the gear it runs on. They were well greased.

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

*bump

 

[studdy05]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

There is a PDF out there that is 9 pages that explains this tilt to a tee. Google omcand tilt and bellville springs and look a few down for a PDF.

Review these video's and they might click a light on somewhere. Just don't give up. These tilts are fairly simple.

Clutch pack anatomy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m962zhhENI8

Tilt and Clutch from Intermediate Housing vantage point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg4JngIzGx4

Tilt Solenoid and wiring from engine room vantage point
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rvh11UzBw

 

[Zamble]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

Thanks for the links, they were very helpful. But I am not sure if it answered one of my questions. Can the quadrant be the cause the sticking? They worked well before. The starboard is kind of stuck in the down position now. I know I can loosen the quadrant and free it up.

And the port one the hammerstrike coupler went out. Any one know where I can find the parts to repair it? I know its small, or do I need to replace it?

Thanks

 

[southkogs]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

I just battled my tilt recently. Not quite the same issue as you're having, though. Ultimately for me it was to have the tilt motor replaced, but it sounds like you just put a new one on. I think you said you cleaned the solenoids, did you try replacing them? I swapped all of mine out while I was doing the work. I didn't mess with the clutch pack or the worm gear - all of that stuff wound up working just fine.

See if this link works: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OMC-...atQ5fPartsQ5fAccessoriesQ5fGear#ht_500wt_1182

I remembered seeing this one when I was on ebay "scavenging." If the link doesn't work, I used the search string <hammer coupling>

Hope it works.

 

[griley]

Re: Stringer Tilt Question

hi im new to this. I have a 1985 MFG w/an OMC sterndrive when I try to tilt it up all I get is a click at the solenoid and at the clutch housing. I tried to take the housing cover off but it does'nt want to come off am I missing somthing