Steering pproblem

[dcooper]

I have a 1987 Well-Craft 230 with twin OB 140 OMC motors and Hydraulic steering. I recently developed a problem as follows: When not in the water or at very low speeds in the water the steering is fine, but once I achieve about 15/20 MPH the steering becomes very hard. The motors are towed out a little, is this the problem? If I allign the motors how should they be configured?

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Steering pproblem

Do you mean physically hard to turn the wheel or just poor handling? At lower speeds I would keep the drives trimmed all the way down.<br /><br />Bob

 

[DJ]

Re: Steering pproblem

dcooper,<br /><br />The engines should be pointing exactly the same direction. If they are "toe out" as you say, they are fighting each other.<br /><br />This could add to excess seering effort.

 

[dcooper]

Re: Steering pproblem

the wheel is very hard to turn, there is no play, soft spots, or springy feel to the wheel just a lot of resistence to a turn

 

[dcooper]

Re: Steering pproblem

It's fixed; I loosened the bleeder screw on the top of the hydro manifold and manualy moved the engines so a measurment taken from the front of the engine and one taken at the back were the same.