Steering Wheel Off Center
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
Forum Name: Boat Maintenance
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Printed Date: May-06-2024 at 3:43am
Topic: Steering Wheel Off Center
Posted By: Cam05210
Subject: Steering Wheel Off Center
Date Posted: August-17-2019 at 1:30pm
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The former owner put a 4blade prop on my '89 2001 and the steering wheel is a 1/4 turn off center. Is this fixable by simply removing the prop, straightening the wheel and re-installing??
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: August-17-2019 at 2:15pm
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Prop won’t affect the wheel... to clock, you’ll need to pull the cable out of the helm, adjust the wheel and reinsert.
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Posted By: Cam05210
Date Posted: August-17-2019 at 2:37pm
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Hmmm...yeah, I guess now that I read that back,..pulling the prop would do anything at all...lol......is this an extensive project??
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Posted By: Netdewt
Date Posted: September-02-2019 at 1:14pm
My steering wheel is off center, and it also has a decent amount of loose play from side to side. Is that fixable?
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1989 Ski Nautique 2001, 880 hours
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: September-02-2019 at 2:10pm
Nate,
Where is the play? In the helm or at the tiller arm to rudder post?
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Posted By: Netdewt
Date Posted: September-02-2019 at 10:28pm
In the wheel at the helm. Rudder seems to stay put.
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1989 Ski Nautique 2001, 880 hours
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Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: September-02-2019 at 11:15pm
Do a search here on CCF for "steering wheel centering", There's a fair amount written about how to do it.
As far as the slop goes, have you lifted the center floorboard behind the engine and looked at the steering tube clamp block both where it hooks to the tube and the ball and socket that the clamp pivots on? Also look at where the clamp mounts to the boat itself to be sure that's tight. Slop in those places will let the cable move without the rudder moving
Check the ball joint where the cable hooks to the tiller arm for slop/looseness too
If you get or have all that tight, then move on to centering the wheel.
See what TRB said early in this thread
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Posted By: MourningWood
Date Posted: September-02-2019 at 11:25pm
yes, at the 'tiller end of the steering cable.....the 2 pieces (with 4 bolts) that form the pivot 'socket' are simple castings that wear fairly quickly without grease.
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1994 Ski Nautique "Riot"
1964 Dunphy X-55 "One 'N Dun"
'I measured twice, cut three times, and it's still too short!"
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