SchiadaJohn
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I need some help on this one:
Pulled my dual cable Calgo steering this past winter and shipped to GSM Racing for rebuild, original issue was steering had stiffened/frozen up. This is in a 24' Spectra XS v-drive
Now the steering seizes/locks up when turning the steering wheel left on plane, steering will turn left/right (one-hand) on trailer and when at idle speed in no-wake zone but not on plane at any speed!
- Rudder turns free with one hand and there is no binding/looseness in rudder stuffing box that would appear to bind rudder under load. Nothing was changed with setup of rudder only disconnected cables to remove steering system.
- Flexible conduit has been replaced twice and second set of conduit was visually inspected by GSM before shipping/installation.
- Entire length of cable was also visually inspected to make certain there were no burrs, kinks, etc, that might bind cable. Cable was greased very liberally when inserted into conduit.
- Conduit is routed down each gunnel and all turns/bends were flattened to make any turns/corners as gentle as possible. Conduit is zip tied approximately every 9 ? 12 inches to prevent movement.
- Boat turned fine, left and right, before steering was removed just incredibly stiff!
Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
J
Pulled my dual cable Calgo steering this past winter and shipped to GSM Racing for rebuild, original issue was steering had stiffened/frozen up. This is in a 24' Spectra XS v-drive
Now the steering seizes/locks up when turning the steering wheel left on plane, steering will turn left/right (one-hand) on trailer and when at idle speed in no-wake zone but not on plane at any speed!
- Rudder turns free with one hand and there is no binding/looseness in rudder stuffing box that would appear to bind rudder under load. Nothing was changed with setup of rudder only disconnected cables to remove steering system.
- Flexible conduit has been replaced twice and second set of conduit was visually inspected by GSM before shipping/installation.
- Entire length of cable was also visually inspected to make certain there were no burrs, kinks, etc, that might bind cable. Cable was greased very liberally when inserted into conduit.
- Conduit is routed down each gunnel and all turns/bends were flattened to make any turns/corners as gentle as possible. Conduit is zip tied approximately every 9 ? 12 inches to prevent movement.
- Boat turned fine, left and right, before steering was removed just incredibly stiff!
Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated.
J