an improved thrust taking arrangement for an outboard drive wherein anti - friction members are provided for transferring the thrust between the trim adjusting thrust member and the outboard drive . the anti - friction members comprise rollers carried in a downwardly facing opening of the outboard drive . in some embodiments , the rollers are balls and in other embodiments they are cylindrical elements that rotate about an axis parallel to the trim pivot axis of the outboard drive . in some embodiments , the roller members contact a concavely curved surface of the thrust member and the radii of curvature are different so as to minimize relative movement .