Trim cylinder pin too tight

[WideOpenVTwin]

The rear pin came out quite easy (slight tap with rubber mallet).
The front one was a beast to remove, and ended up marring up the threads in the process (fixed now).
Now I'm trying to reinstall it, but it still seems to be way too tight. I can't even push it through one of the cylinder ends without a hammer. It's as if the pin is too thick. Is this normal? If not, any ideas what's going on?

Drive is a Volvo SX Cobra (C1).

Thanks!

 

[muc]

Re: Trim cylinder pin too tight

Clean out the corrosion and put some grease on the pin.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Trim cylinder pin too tight

And in some case you will need to replace the plastic bushings that fit into the trim rams and drive. I just replaced all of these on my drive.

 

[WideOpenVTwin]

Re: Trim cylinder pin too tight

Thanks for the replies. I didn't realize how thick the corrosion was. Cleaned it with a file and the pin popped right in. New bushings were used.