Sea Ray's answer to me was that the 5.5" clearence is normal height.. It absolutely is not!
I took the boat to lake george this past weekend, they do inspections before you can launch mostly for environmental reasons. First words out the inspection guys mouth "hey buddy your outdrive isn't...
Bad news... after leaving the boat with a authorized premium merc dealer, they contacted me saying the outdrive was at its max height.. they are sure there are blockers/spacers on the pistons that only allow them to come out so far... even if I jumped the wires it would not go any higher...
Thank you all very much for your replies! I was finally contacted back by Merc. They told me I need to have it hooked up to a G3 diagnostics computer at a dealer and the height limit can be adjusted that way. I have an appointment at a local marina tomorrow. Hoping this works, If not I will...
My new 2017 Slx 230 was delivered and I noticed pretty quickly the outdrive was not raised as high as it should be.. the guage is showing its all the way up but it is definitely not in the trailering mode. It has the mercury smart craft throttle but no one at merc or the dealer I bought it from...