sebagoman007
New Member
Greetings all.
It's been a while since I came to the forum with a problem, but I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience to this new one. I seem to have a lot of slack in the steering on my 2000 260DA. I also noticed that after w hauled out last year that I could move the outdrive back and forth quite a bit by hand without the wheel turning. My mechanic (whom I trust as a straight shooter) says the problem is with the pivot pin at the top of the gimbal assembly, that the nut has backed off and is what is causing all this slack. Unfortunately, he believes the entire powertrain has to come out to get that fixed, as you can't access it from either inside or outside of the boat. It sounds like the classic case of a $2 part failing that requires a bazillion hours to access. I'm pursuing some other opinions (a master Sea Ray tech from Port Marine in S. Portland is supposed to stop by) but i was wondering what your collective experiences might be. I don't think I'll be completely comfortable until it's fixed right, but if it isn't going to fail completely on me I might opt to do this repair after the season. It's too short up here as it is for me to waste any of it on dry land!
Thanks in advance,
It's been a while since I came to the forum with a problem, but I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience to this new one. I seem to have a lot of slack in the steering on my 2000 260DA. I also noticed that after w hauled out last year that I could move the outdrive back and forth quite a bit by hand without the wheel turning. My mechanic (whom I trust as a straight shooter) says the problem is with the pivot pin at the top of the gimbal assembly, that the nut has backed off and is what is causing all this slack. Unfortunately, he believes the entire powertrain has to come out to get that fixed, as you can't access it from either inside or outside of the boat. It sounds like the classic case of a $2 part failing that requires a bazillion hours to access. I'm pursuing some other opinions (a master Sea Ray tech from Port Marine in S. Portland is supposed to stop by) but i was wondering what your collective experiences might be. I don't think I'll be completely comfortable until it's fixed right, but if it isn't going to fail completely on me I might opt to do this repair after the season. It's too short up here as it is for me to waste any of it on dry land!
Thanks in advance,