Mechanical trim indicators are sticking!!! Help please!!!

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05-27-2010, 05:16 PM

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Mechanical trim indicators are sticking!!! Help please!!!

My trims needles are stuck on all the way IN occasionly freeing up & working... Any tricks to free them up for the weekend till I can have the cables replaced?? Thanx

05-27-2010, 06:09 PM

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no tricks, but i just replaced mine....while keeping an eye on the kids, 1.5 hrs...just get up early sat, or stay up late fri....

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You can try taking the spring loaded actuators apart on the trim rams. Clean them really good, some WD40, work them back and forth. Wd40 again. On my old boat, i added springs to the cables behind the indicator panel. Helped buy me some time. Forget where i got the springs. I think they were like carb return springs...