Re: Tilt and Trim work how?
trog<br /> the reson for the trim limit was for saving the drive from operaator stupidity. on your drive something like anything more than 22 inches out from anchor to anchor the engineers at merc decided there was not enough of the bell housing inside the gimbal ring for adequte lateral load safty, on the off chance that someone would attepmt a high speed manuver with the drive trimmed inadverdanty past the trim limit. thats why there were two switches and still are, its so the operator could not say he did not realize he had trimmed to high. the merc unit is a single piston type system so its really not trim and tilt but rather a hydrualic lifting device. some OMC and Volvo units are strictly tilt and can be damaged if tried to be used as trim. I see many mercs with the limit switch bypassed. I cant do it nor reccomend it be done as there are some legal concerns. most,not all, outboards have a true trim and tilt unit. the valving is set so if the unit still has the prop in the water and is off the trim rams it will bypass the releif valve and lower itself back on the pins. this is true for all 3 ram systems and some, not all, single ram systems. some single ram systems on smaller motors will allow the bracket to move back to the trim set pin if a load is applied wile in any tilt position.<br /> but were it mine personally I dont know if I would bypass the trim limit or not. I drill and tap to many of those 10 X 32 screws each year so its no worries to me. but thats was why I asked for a drive type before advising on how to use a system. <br />if ya aint gots da no ledge to use it, odds be ya aint got a clue what ya have. <br />so if I dont know what you have how can I advise ya how to use it ?
