Adjusting the trim

[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.

[JetBoatRich]

:rolleyes: sounds like your limit switch needs adjustment

[Mrs.Killer]

Ask GHT also known as GH-Trim, he knows alot about trim...

[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.

[a catered life]

not getting enough trim is a big problem :p

[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?

[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.

[Captain Dan]

not getting enough trim is a big problem :p
exactly what I was thinking when I read it !