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power tilt and trim ?

gofishingtom

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gofishingtom Community Regular

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have a 175 efi last night fishing and putting the trim down it made a little louder then a clicking noise kind of a clunk as it was going down like 3 seperate time when i pulled it out of water trimmed it all the way up and checked fluid and it was full any other ideas what i could check...

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yaggie Community Regular

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Be sure your pivot point is well greased. If your pivot shaft is dry it will make noise like that. That would be your starting point. Grease it up and run tilt up and down and see if the sound changes.

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Be sure your pivot point is well greased. If your pivot shaft is dry it will make noise like that. That would be your starting point. Grease it up and run tilt up and down and see if the sound changes.

Ditto. grease the piston ends, the little "ball bearings" on the ends can get dry.

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thanks guys that is what i kinda thought was looking for some back-up on it got to the lake last night and greased it up and works great now...i always grease those in the spring and fall i must have forgot one spot this spring...

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