Mercruiser Alpha One Gen2 Trim ram question

christoner2002

christoner2002

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Before storing my boat last year, I removed the outdrive, and tied the rams up. When I pulled the boat out of storage today, I noticed the port side ram is extended, and the starboard is fully in. Is this normal? I checked the system in the fall, and the oil looked great, no water in it. Do they naturally move while sitting? Thanks in advance for any help.

1997 Larson 206 SEI
Mercruiser 5.7 Alpha One Gen2
Serial ok220229
 
Howard Sterndrive

Howard Sterndrive

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Re: Mercruiser Alpha One Gen2 Trim ram question

weird, eh.... they like to do that.
I think sometimes the sun hits one and the temp difference causes the movement.
 
Alpheus

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Re: Mercruiser Alpha One Gen2 Trim ram question

I agree, its normal. If you were to run the rams without the drive on you will see that they move at different rates also...
 
christoner2002

christoner2002

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Re: Mercruiser Alpha One Gen2 Trim ram question

Ok. Thanks for the input guys. I was a little worried there when I saw that.
 
ziggy

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Re: Mercruiser Alpha One Gen2 Trim ram question

mine did that last year too.
this year they've stayed in place, no idea why or what changes/changed..
weird, eh.... they like to do that.
Click to expand...
yep..
 
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