POWER TRIM
90-857046R1 NOVEMBER 2001 Page 5B-43
Shock Rod Installation
1. Place trim cylinder in soft jawed vice.
2. Install lubricated o-ring to memory piston and place into cylinder. Push memory piston
all the way to bottom.
3. Fill cylinder three inches (76.2 mm) from top of cylinder using Power Trim and Steering
Fluid. If not available, use automotive (ATF) automatic transmission fluid.
4. Install shock rod into cylinder until power trim fluid flows through oil blow off ball passage.
Fill remaining cylinder to just below the cylinder threads.
c
a
b
a-Memory Piston
b-O-ring
c-Oil Blow Off Ball Passage
CAUTION
End cap must not make contact with shock rod piston when tightening. Shock rod
piston must be positioned in cylinder deep enough to avoid contact.
5. Tighten end cap securely using spanner wrench [1/4 in. x 5/16 in. (6.4mm x 8mm) long
pegs]. If a torquing type spanner tool is used to tighten end cap, then tighten to specified
torque.
End Cap Torque
45 lb-ft (61.0 Nm)
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