How to tighten boat steering

The bolt that attatches the steering arm to the motor should be a shoulder bolt or the arm needs a spacer of sorts so the bolt can be tightened and a nut installed. Replace the steering cable if the cable nuts on both ends are tight.

Ive done it via 23LSVOwners method above.

How to tighten boat steering. How do you tighten the steering cable on a boat. Items you will need If the cable moves tighten the cable nut with an open-end wrench. Check the cable nut at the steering rack to be certain that the rack is moving the cable without any play at the nut.

Again tighten the nut if thats the problem. Replace the steering cable if the cable nuts on both ends are tight. Remove both cable nuts and the old steering cable and sheath leaving the old mounting brackets along the side of your boat in place.

Install the new cable using the old mounting brackets and tighten both cable nuts. Does anyone know how to tighten or tension the steering on my Starcraft boat. The steering is a Teleflex cable system and the motor is a 2000 Merc 115hp.

Last year the steering was getting real tight so I lubed the steering tube on the motor and now everything is so loose that if I took my hands off the wheel I would do an instant doughnut. How to adjust mechanical boat steering The metal bracket on the transom needs to be loosened and the cable casing needs to be moved. You need to disconnect the linkage on the motor and establish the center of travel then tighten the transom bracket and re-connect the motor.

It probably sounds complicated but you will need to adjust the casing. Make sure to run hydraulic fluid through the hose first. Attach a second hose from the steering cylinder fitting to another container to catch the overflow.

If your boat is small enough you can use one container for the ends of both hoses. Make sure the container has enough extra room for overflow. Turn the wheel back and forth from lock to lock.

Boat Mechanical Steering Maintenance Guide - YouTube. Start w wheel turned all the way to leftright. Count of turns to other direction.

Turn wheel half that. Wheres the jet pointing. To adjust theres a big nut on both sides of the Berk plate w a seal sandwiched in between.

Youll have to adjust these to get the jet centered. Heres the adhesive you are going to need to perform this fix. Httpsamznto2qo3gw7Heres how to fix a loose sloppy or steering wheel with excessive play.

First make sure the nut holding it on is tight. Pop the center out of wheel and make sure the shaft is turning with the wheel and no free play there. If the wheel was loose the keyway may be beaten out and giving you too much play.

Have a friend hold the steering wheel tight while you stand behind the boat and swing the drive back and forth. It should move very little. If you have excessive movement inspect the area at the top of the Gimbal Ring where the steering shaft passes through the gimbal ring and into the boat.

Unscrew the sleeve and slide it back a few inches. This will expose the end of the inner part of the cable. Looks like a coil wrapped around a steel cable and all greasy.

Grab hold of the cable where it exits the helm and hold firm with your fingers then turn the steering wheel. I always adjust the slack out by moving the adapter tube toward the starboard side of the boat assuming the steering wheel is on the starboard side which in your case it is. This way as the slack comes out and the coupler pivots on the end of the link arm the inner cables wind up being PULLED against each other instead of being PUSHED against each other.

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Videos you watch. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. Make sure the cable is clamped tight to the steering tube.

Same teleflex kitmine is short for a 16ft boat and you d think itd be tighter but nopewe all bought the same complete helm kit from teleflex and it wasnt the cheap one for slow boatsonly difference is length which doesnt seem to matternot the best cable and im not happy with it. There are 2 stainless bolts on the transom asseblynear the topspaced about 3 inches apartyou will have to turn the drive all the way one way to tighten the nut and boltthe nut is on the back endthen turn the wheel all the way the other way and tighten the other nut and boltsee if that helpsLet me know Capt Ron. Then you can turn the motor and steering wheel and find out where its binding.

The bolt that attatches the steering arm to the motor should be a shoulder bolt or the arm needs a spacer of sorts so the bolt can be tightened and a nut installed. Good luck and sak anymore questions you come across. Upvote 5 04-24-09 0517 PM N nova_gh Member.

You can buy an no-feed-back steering setup from any Marine Accessories store and install it. You can also adjust the zinc anode on the Merc to make the motor track straight at most planing speeds. I have cheapo RP steeringnon NFB on my 16 footer with a 135HPV6 merc and have no issue with loose steering.

Bass Cat Boats 32K 514 Registered Member Jun 03 2009 3 No you can adjust the front steering tube and preload it to one direction. Loosen the nuts 1 14 and slip that tube to the opposing side. Load the cable and the steering should tighten.

Aceman93 107 Registered Member Jun 03 2009 4 That is what I was thining I could do. Working on a friends boat we noticed that his steering is not centered. What I mean by that is that it will allow 4 12 of throw on the steering rod to the right with more than 2 turns of wheel.

But will only allow 1 12 of throw to the left about 1 turn of wheel. Total throw of the steering rod is about 6 14. Ive done it via 23LSVOwners method above.

That is the last step in replacing the steering cable. You are just loosening the cables connection to the wheel once you know the boat is tracking straight. Have it weighted the way you want to have it run straight.

Straighten the wheel and re-tighten. But if the nut becomes a little loose then when you move the tension arm all the way tight it no longer makes the steering tight. The nut needs to sometimes be adjusted so the arm is accurate.

Right now as tight as I can make the arm and the whole motor will just swing way left or right if I move at all in the boat.