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Hello all....just wanted to see if anyone has any experience with OMC
engines. I just purchased a 17' Arrow Glass with a 4.3 Litre OMC I/O
engine. The problem I'm having is with the power steering. It doesnt
appear that the power steering is working at all. I've greased
everything that is greasable and checked the power steering fluid
levels. Is there any way to tell whether the pump is bad? On another
subject, (this is really stupid), is the tilt/trim the same thing? I
have a button on the control handle and another one about 3 inches
away. Are these two things the same and why have them so close
together. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS - Why do so many idiots post political crap in a boating forum? Any
way to filter them?

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If the set up is similar to my SeaDrive there are two pistons. one for
trim and one for tilt.

The trim setting is to adjust how the boat is plaining. Tuck it in and
the prop pushes the stern up and bow down trim it out and the reverse
happens.

You'll have to play with it a bit with just you and about 3/4 tank of
gas to find out where it should be for the best ride and economy. Once
you arrive at that you will have a starting point to work from to adjust
the trim for differing loads and water conditions.

Tilt is the more extreme raising and lowering the motor for getting the
drive out of the water and or into trailering position. You'll also may
have a trailer lock of some kind on the drive. Once the motor is fully
raised you engage the lock then drop the motor down. This takes the
strain off of the hydraulics and puts it on the hardware..

Note, I don't know if the situation is the same on your drive but the
sea drive will not raise to the point where the tilt mechanism kicks in
if the motor is turning over 3K.

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Mike G.
Heirloom Woods

www.heirloom-woods.net