Trim stops at 3/4 down

[brhodes]

Alpha I, found another thread like this but was a sender adjustment. I'm not worried about what the gage says, but when I look at the back of the boat with the drive as far down as it goes, I can tell it's not all the way down. I replaced the limit and sender last year, and checked them again yesterday. The manual that comes with the limit/sender gages tells me the max stroke for setting the up limit (21.75"), is there a dimension for all the way down? Pump sounds fine and seems to operate ok, I don't store it with the drive on, and usually back it off a touch after raising, so don't think its a check valve issue. The troubleshooting chart I looked at doesn't address this condition. Thanks for any help.

 

[Bondo]

Re: Trim stops at 3/4 down

but when I look at the back of the boat with the drive as far down as it goes, I can tell it's not all the way down.

Ayuh,.... How can ya tell,..?? Got some Pictures,..??

The rods don't not completely disappear inside the cylinders, when collapsed...

 

[tpenfield]

Re: Trim stops at 3/4 down

My Bravo drive does that sometimes . . . If I trim the outdrive down the pump motor keeps going, but the progression of the outdrive stops and does not want to go any further . . . a little bit of forward gear on the water brings it down.

I think that the pistons and/or shafts may bind up a bit. There are barnacle cutters on the end of the pistons and I think that those sometimes have too much of a grip on the shaft.

Sometimes, I'll give the piston shafts a wipe with silicon lube to make them happier.

 

[brhodes]

Re: Trim stops at 3/4 down

Thanks for the help guys, pic attached

 

[Bondo]

Re: Trim stops at 3/4 down

Thanks for the help guys, pic attachedView attachment 147377

Ayuh,.... Either Jump on it, with the pump runnin',...
Or,...
Splash it, 'n power it down with the prop, like Ted mentions....