Per Mercury’s recent Service ADVISORY, there is now a trim pin and retaining bolt kit available that can be retrofitted to models which previously used the threaded
bolt.
Kit includes a new cross pin, pinch bolt, and locking nut.
We will have them in stock by the end of
November: Part# 8M0230946.
To clarify: This is NOT A RECALL OR BULLETIN.
Simply a Service Advisory of a Product Improvement now in production.
Last edited by EuropeanAM; 12-03-2024 at 12:17 PM.
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Should be a recall. Stud should do the truck
2011 Ranger z521/2023 250ProXS
Hey don can you tell us which serial number ranges had these pins or something?
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2B529482 and above *Originally Posted by alli ss
* Could also apply to earlier serial numbers if a shock rod kit was replaced, trim cylinder replaced, or complete trim system replaced with the later style.
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So my 3b413587 needs to be updated?
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Price?
2011 Ranger z521/2023 250ProXS
Your engine CAN be updated, if the trim system or trim pin are removed for some reason.
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We don’t post prices in the forums as they are subject to daily update (not enough time in a day to reprice thousands of posts).
Rhonda can price or set you up via email.
Dual Mercury Master Technician- for Mercury Outboards, Mercruiser and Mercury Racing at European Marine in Greenville, SC.
Still consider myself a "Marine Apprentice" after 48 years (learn something new every day).
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Recalls are for safety related items. Not for product improvements.
Well the pin retainer coming out and letting the cross pin fall out could be safety related . Probably wouldn’t come out but …
2011 Ranger z521/2023 250ProXS
Change out your bushings also
I am a little confused on this one so pardon the possibly ignorant question. If I already got the original bolt replaced, would I need this? Have there been issues with the first replacement?
2021 BassCatt Pantera II
200 Pro XS(3B056653)
Motorguide Tour Pro
It's a "Service Advisory", meaning that if any service in this area of the engine is needed, these will be the replacement parts that should be installed. Optionally, it's acceptable to install the replacement (proactively) if desired.
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Last edited by EuropeanAM; 12-04-2024 at 03:17 PM.
Dual Mercury Master Technician- for Mercury Outboards, Mercruiser and Mercury Racing at European Marine in Greenville, SC.
Still consider myself a "Marine Apprentice" after 48 years (learn something new every day).
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Sounds like it falls into the category of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". But if it breaks fix it with different parts.
I almost ran into a rip rap levee wall when that bolt came loose, was in middle of a turn and all sudden went into guardian and fell off pad and darted in direction I didn’t want to go. In the wrong spot at the wrong speed definitely a safety issue. Solution when mine happened was red loctite and recalibration at dealer.
Almost anything that can go wrong can be seen as a safety issue in someone's eyes.
Some won't even get on a boat because it is too dangerous. Unsafe.
I suspect the motor makers have to take into account the probability of something happening and what the consequences are if and when it does.
There is a probability of a wing falling off an airplane with everyone on board dying in the ensuing crash. But that is a risk that is being taken each and every day.
Proactively having mine replaced next week...
Shouldn't the hole be in the center of the shaft?
There is no "hole"- there is a locating recess for the set-screw (stud) portion to lock into. It, and the hole in which the MAGNET are located, are very precisely oriented.
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