To lubricate the U-joints and spline on the outdrive of my 1992 TROPHY 2359 I remove the actuating cylinders (mechanically not hydraulically). Over the winter with the lower unit off, the cylinders extend (I assume do to temperature changes). When I put everything together in the spring I have trouble hooking up the cylinders because they do not respond to the up-down control and I can't retract the cylinders enough to be able to connect to the outdrive. I have had to use a pipe clamp to get the cylinders to retract enough to connect to the outdrive. When they are connected, the controls work as they should. Does anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong? I don't like to force the cylinders to retract, but nothing else works.
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Sounds like there was some air trapped within the hydraulic rams. They are functioning fine now? Running the drive trim up/down several times should bleed out any air.
Dave
Edmonds, WA
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