1998 Yamaha VMAX 200 making horrible noise early in trim up

[Bassmaster_P]

Anyone know why my outboard trim would make a ugly scraping noise early on while trimming up? Air in the hydraulic chamber? I posted 2 videos so you can here exactly what it sounds like. Thanks in advance.

Video 1:
https://youtu.be/80K_RPuL2zE

Video 2:
https://youtu.be/bynWxgBZ-II

[FMP]

Change fluid and purge yet?

[Bullet 20cc]

Yeah it sounds like some air and possibly a little water got in there too. Which means you probably got a bad seal. Like FMP says...fluid change and purge will short term fix it. You could address the seal to keep that from happening again in the future...or just keep doing a fluid change and purge when it happens again until the frequency of that starts to get on your nerves.

[drm]

Try lubricating the tips of the trim rams and the socket they run against, use a heavy lube. Good luck