Re: [OMC-Boats] Out drive opperation question

Are you referring to the ball gears as "spider gears"? Or the tilt
gear?

Greg Fell - out of office mobile message

On May 24, 2009, at 1:26 PM, "Andy Perakes"
<aperakes@...> wrote:

> Absolutely not. You can IDLE with the unit partly raised in shallow
> water (make sure the water pick-up is submerged!), but those spider
> gears were not designed to run off-axis under load. Likewise, you
> should grease those spider gears religously. I recommend greasing
> them (or at least checking them) every time you go out. This is one
> thing we've been fanatical about and as a result we are still
> running on the original spider gears (mechanic says they should be
> good for another 40 years as long as I keep up the maintenance).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kyle
> To: omc-boats@...
> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:00 PM
> Subject: [OMC-Boats] Out drive opperation question
>
> Hey just a quicky Can u opperate the tilt while driving to trim the
> motor? Or do you just set it all the way down and go ?
>
>
> Thanks
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Received on Sunday, 24 May 2009