pascatII wrote:Fly,Do you have to open the top cap assembly to adjust the shaft, and how do you adjust the ring bearing collar? I have the Troll Perfect but still need the adjustments you are talking about.PeteDisclaimer: I am no expert with TMs but my frustration motivated me to get my tools and go to town with some helpful comments from Rick Pierce. Proceed with my info as a general guideline. Id contact BassCat or Motorguide if you feel you need more details. Also, going forward this is a TWO MAN JOB. Additionally, this is how I understood Rick so I may not be exactly correct understanding his comments. It was quite noisy at the boat show. Hopefully I did. Wouldnt be the first time I misunderstood someones helpful comments. Rick explained the thinner shaft extends the full length of the TM running inside the upper bigger shaft. It can move upward sometimes inside the motor cap assembly (contributing factor to the shaft noise). I opened the cap and saw nothing that stood out looking raised to me regrading the shaft. So I put the top cap back on.The ring bearing collar is the thick type washer with two alan head screws thats clamped up where the larger shaft and the thinner shaft merge. Here is what I did:1. I removed the TM from the mounting assembly. My son held my TM up right on its skeg. I told him to lift the TM off the ground thinking the shaft might be raised in the upper cap and I yanked firmly downward on the shaft and felt the shaft pull down about 3/8″. I loosened up my ring bearing clamp slid it up to upper wider shaft flange and securely tightened the alan head screws on the ring bearing clamp. My son was still holding the TM off the ground.2. After that I secured my TM back on my boat. Then attached Troll Perfect per instructions and all my shaft clacking, rattling, clicking challenges are now gone. Hope this helps.Last edited by Flyswatter on February 3rd, 2013, 5:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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