WDCboater
Member
- Oct 3, 2010
- 962
- Boat Info
- 2010 350 Sundancer
Raymarine c95 GPS
KVH Satellite
- Engines
- Twin Mercury 8.1 Horizon V-Drives
Boat splashed last week. Yesterday I brought it back to its home slip in DC from Woodbridge.
At at the end of last season we were having a steering issue that I diagnosed as air in our power steering system. I bought hydraulic oil and yesterday went through the process to bleed the system and put in more oil. We have a SeaStar system.
Everything went great. We actually only needed 1/2 QT to fill everything up.
We noticed the wheel was still only going to about 18 degrees to starboard and 30 to port. This was according to the SmartCraft gauge. However, when I actually looked at the steering mechanism in the engine compartment we were getting the full range of motion back and forth. Our center line is off about 10 degrees.
When I left our dealers marina I had a long no wake zone to navigate so I did a few tests to see if the rudder indicator was off and it was. If I had the indicator 9-10 degrees to port we went straight. As long as I accommodated for this I didn't have any steering issues. When crushing this wasn't really an issue.
So so what is the issue:
1- Could the rudders somehow be turned? Boat was pulled for the winter and all looked normal. We inspected them.
2- Can the computer be off?
3- Is there something else I'm missing?
At at the end of last season we were having a steering issue that I diagnosed as air in our power steering system. I bought hydraulic oil and yesterday went through the process to bleed the system and put in more oil. We have a SeaStar system.
Everything went great. We actually only needed 1/2 QT to fill everything up.
We noticed the wheel was still only going to about 18 degrees to starboard and 30 to port. This was according to the SmartCraft gauge. However, when I actually looked at the steering mechanism in the engine compartment we were getting the full range of motion back and forth. Our center line is off about 10 degrees.
When I left our dealers marina I had a long no wake zone to navigate so I did a few tests to see if the rudder indicator was off and it was. If I had the indicator 9-10 degrees to port we went straight. As long as I accommodated for this I didn't have any steering issues. When crushing this wasn't really an issue.
So so what is the issue:
1- Could the rudders somehow be turned? Boat was pulled for the winter and all looked normal. We inspected them.
2- Can the computer be off?
3- Is there something else I'm missing?
