cphil19
New Member
- Jun 18, 2017
- 15
- Boat Info
- 1998 Sundancer 310, V-Drive twin engines (need rebuilding) (Mulling Purchase)
- Engines
- 5.7 Mercruiser Twin Inboards with V-Drive
Hi everyone,
Recently bought myself a lovely 95 Sundancer 330, moving up from a Bayliner Avanti 3450. Great boat, and happy to be part of the Sea Ray family .
One thing though that has been bugging me is the steering. It's definitely cable, but does anyone know if the standard option is power or is it pure manual steering? My other boat had hydraulic and found myself really only using the clutch when slipping or pulling out for the most part, as steering really accomplished everything. However, with this boat, I find myself being forced to steer the majority of the time with both the clutch and throttles as the steering feels wonky and doesn't seem to have much effect is turning the boat. I'm not sure if this is normal for this steering type or if there might be a problem. Moreover, the other day, the wheel got "stuck" in the sense where it wouldn't lock to either side, meaning i could keep spinning the wheel either direction and it wouldn't stop. It was causing my boat to just go starboard no matter what and it took a lot of playing with the wheel to finally get it start locking at maximum left and right positions again. Maybe I just over turned it and the cable slipped out? Anyway, looking for any advice with this.
Also, would anyone recommend switching the cable steering into hydraulic? Can it even be done?
Thanks!
Recently bought myself a lovely 95 Sundancer 330, moving up from a Bayliner Avanti 3450. Great boat, and happy to be part of the Sea Ray family .
One thing though that has been bugging me is the steering. It's definitely cable, but does anyone know if the standard option is power or is it pure manual steering? My other boat had hydraulic and found myself really only using the clutch when slipping or pulling out for the most part, as steering really accomplished everything. However, with this boat, I find myself being forced to steer the majority of the time with both the clutch and throttles as the steering feels wonky and doesn't seem to have much effect is turning the boat. I'm not sure if this is normal for this steering type or if there might be a problem. Moreover, the other day, the wheel got "stuck" in the sense where it wouldn't lock to either side, meaning i could keep spinning the wheel either direction and it wouldn't stop. It was causing my boat to just go starboard no matter what and it took a lot of playing with the wheel to finally get it start locking at maximum left and right positions again. Maybe I just over turned it and the cable slipped out? Anyway, looking for any advice with this.
Also, would anyone recommend switching the cable steering into hydraulic? Can it even be done?
Thanks!