Ex-Aquasport/Wellcraft employee (Bob C)...

[Double Trouble]

OK will give it a shot and hope its that simple

[seabob4]

That would be nice.  Let me know what you find.  If you don't find anything out of the ordinary, I'll see if Teleflex CS can help out.

[Double Trouble]

OK I wont be at the boat again until friday,I will check it out then.
 Again thanks for your help :P

[Double Trouble]

Ok SeaBob spent some time friday crawling around checking the hydro hoses for the steering no kinks that i can see the only thing I can see where the hoses exit the console there is a single coil of both hoses tie wrapped and secured to the gunnel. Could it be possible that the piston it self is screwed up?

[labboss2003]

hey bob, i have  a 96 225 exp was wondering what the notch on the bottom of the hull was for(the one right before the rise on the bow on the bottom) other then catching the trailer cant figure out what its for.

and as you stated before just how do you get the little bit of water out of the fish box?  ..............................thanks

[seabob4]

OK,
We'll address 2 issues here.

DT.  Sounds like an email to my friends at Teleflex Tech Support is in order.  Will do post haste.

Labboss, I am confused about the "notch" you are talking about.  If I remember correctly, the Explorer/Osprey hull had a lifting strake on both sides of the keel, but other than that, there was no notch.  Send me a pic, my email is in my profile.  Now, as far as draining "all" the water out of your fishbox?  Never happen.  The drain, which is on the vertical aft face of the fishbox is a little to high to drain the water that collects in the molded receiver for the drain.  Drain as best you can with the pump, then wipe up the remaining water with a towel and throw it in the wash.  That's about all you can do.

[seabob4]

DT,
Have emailed my Teleflex buddy in British Columbia.  Should get a reply tomorrow at work.  He's pretty good.  Let you know.

[Double Trouble]

OK will wait for your info THANKS

[seabob4]

DT,
The two replies I got from my Teleflex man.

 
Have him check the following areas for me
tiebar connection.  Where the tiebar attaches to the engine without the cylinder, there are two little small holes in the rod end ball of the tiebar.  The first hole (closest to the engine with the cylinder) is to be covered by the threaded rod.  The second hole (closest to the engine without the cylinder) is not to be covered.  Have him make sure that his is as stated as it could be a binding
Air in the system.  Have him push the engines back and fourth.  While pushing watch the steering cylinder shaft move in and out.  If it moves more than 1/8" then he has a little air in the system still and needs to bleed it out more.
is it heavy at the dock and while underway, or only while underway?
I don't think that it would be a kinked line as this would cause heavy effort throughout the system (one restriction causes both sides to be a problem)



Bob:
    This is very odd....

Have your buddy check the torque tab on the engine to start as this sounds a lot like a load to the port type issue...

Doesn't really sound like a cylinder issue, but

How long has it done this?


So, as you can see, he is quite stumped also.  The tie bar issue is interesting, as there are 2 small "inspection" holes in the ball socket end on the port motor.  You should see the threaded rod in the inboard hole, but not the outboard hole. Now the first thing I would do, if I had the ability and the wherewithall (which I do), I would totally disconnect the steering system from the motors, and see how they move side-to-side.  You can leave the cylinder on the starboard motor, just drain the system and disconnect the hoses.  After this, I would reconnect the hoses to the cylinder, bleed the system, leave the tiebar unattached, and see how the system reacts.  Then I would reattach the tiebar.

This is puzzling, but remember, "Do not let an inanimate object beat you."  My motto.

[Double Trouble]

OK I will try these fixes hope one works will let you know

[labboss2003]

bob sent you pics of notch tried to put them on here but there is no upload opption anymore

[labboss2003]

[seabob4]

Labboss,
Now I see.  Yes, I remember this little step.  Have no idea what it was for.  It's on the keel, yet far enough forward that, when on plane, is certainly not going to have an effect on hull performance, and certainly won't have an affect on getting on plane.  This hull goes quite a ways back, well before my time there.  Someone from the old South Florida era can probably answer this question better than I.

[compcrasher86]

looks to me like that is on there just to give a little more re-inforcement to the front curve of the keel where rocks,etc are most likely to scrape whilst beaching

[seabob4]

Maybe.  Might take a look inside the forward bilge compartment and see if there is anything that indicates the need for it.  But I doubt you'll see anything.