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Thread: Adjusting the trim

  1. #1
    NorCalCat
    Anyone know how to adjust the trip on a merc xr with a mechanical trim indicator. Just had a mechanical indicator installed and I am not getting enough trim. The drive is not triming out as much as it did before.
    Thanks in advance.

  2. #2
    JetBoatRich
    sounds like your limit switch needs adjustment

  3. #3
    Mrs.Killer
    Ask GHT also known as GH-Trim, he knows alot about trim...

  4. #4
    phebus
    The trim range shouldn't change with the addition of a mechanical trim indicator. It will read different, and 0 isn't necessarily neutral trim. You neeed to trim your boat out of the water to determine what number on the gauge is neutral trim, and use that as a reference to trim up or down from there.

  5. #5
    a catered life
    not getting enough trim is a big problem

  6. #6
    NorCalCat
    From what I have heard there is a dial on the outdrive that I need to adjusts. If I adjust it to increase the trim higth, will that not allow the drive to come back down to the neutral point?

  7. #7
    Havasu Cig
    The trim range shouldn't change with the addition of a mechanical trim indicator. It will read different, and 0 isn't necessarily neutral trim. You neeed to trim your boat out of the water to determine what number on the gauge is neutral trim, and use that as a reference to trim up or down from there.
    Exactly. The trim indicator has nothing to do with the actual trim of the drive. When I replaced the cables in mine I set a straight edge on the gearcase to determine nuetral trim then adjusted the indicator to 0.

  8. #8
    Captain Dan
    not getting enough trim is a big problem
    exactly what I was thinking when I read it !

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