Thepipdoc
New member
Just had both of the VP DP90 legs serviced and everything was fine when the legs were removed, they both had the obvious bits replaced i.e. all gaitors, bellows, anodes, oil etc.
All appeard to be OK when I took the boat out until I went on the plane - the port leg would not stay in the "out" position. It would stay where I positioned it for a minute or so and then it would eventually start to move back to the fully down position.
I spoke to the people that serviced the legs and they decided to swap the port and starboard trim pumps over to try to find if the problem was in the port pump. The problem has stayed on the port side so it can be assumed that the problem is not with the pump, but almost certainly the ram seal/s.
My question is - should the rams be tested as part of the service?
All appeard to be OK when I took the boat out until I went on the plane - the port leg would not stay in the "out" position. It would stay where I positioned it for a minute or so and then it would eventually start to move back to the fully down position.
I spoke to the people that serviced the legs and they decided to swap the port and starboard trim pumps over to try to find if the problem was in the port pump. The problem has stayed on the port side so it can be assumed that the problem is not with the pump, but almost certainly the ram seal/s.
My question is - should the rams be tested as part of the service?