My boat stalls, or nearly stalls when I turn the steering wheel full left. While at low engine idle, when turning left just before you reach the limit of turning range, you can hear the engine start to labor, then stall. It has done this for a couple of years. I have learned to back off full turn while docking but this is annoying.
My engine is out of the boat and I have easy access to the steering apparatus now so I am hoping someone can help.
1979 Mercruiser with pre-alpha drive 228 Mercruiser setup.
also, with drive off and engine out, I can turn the steering by hand (with effort) if I push the gimbal ring back and forth. Doing this I noticed the ring assembly will turn farther left than right by an inch or so......is this normal?
My engine is out of the boat and I have easy access to the steering apparatus now so I am hoping someone can help.
1979 Mercruiser with pre-alpha drive 228 Mercruiser setup.
also, with drive off and engine out, I can turn the steering by hand (with effort) if I push the gimbal ring back and forth. Doing this I noticed the ring assembly will turn farther left than right by an inch or so......is this normal?