48 hp tilt cylinder

[killer]

My Johnson 48 tilt cylinder lost pressure over the winter. I'm assuming there's a certain amount of pressure in the unit to allow it to assist you effortlessly. How do you re-pressurize unit to assist in trim. Apparently i need to rebuild cylinder to keep it from leaking pressure again. Could anyone please verify procedures to get cylinder working again.<br /><br /> Thanks<br /> Fearless fishing Jim

 

[OBJ]

Re: 48 hp tilt cylinder

Hey killer,<br /><br />Sorry to say that the assist cylinders are none repairable. If it craps out on ya', then a new one is needed.<br /><br />Or.....just put some extra bucks into a Trim and Tilt unit. These can be repaired and are a lot more use than the assist cylinders.

 

[alcan]

Re: 48 hp tilt cylinder

Hi Killer<br />I assume your talking about the manual tilt assist? I also assume you you have a tiller model? It's hard to tell with out a model #. As far as I know you will have to replace the the assist unit. They can't be repaired. I have one also, it's a real pain.