Re: RE: [omc-boats] TruCourse vs. Rack Steering

This may be the obvious but it a quick check. You may also want to check the steering column. It should be well greased. There is also a tension screw on the column just behind the sterring wheel. It may just be screwed in too tight.

Tom
Charlotte, NC
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> From: "knight" <knight@...>
> Date: 2006/10/19 Thu AM 07:24:17 EDT
> To: <omc-boats@...>
> Subject: RE: [omc-boats] TruCourse vs. Rack Steering
>
> Try tracing your cables back to the out drive. Some times if they get worn
> or rusty they bind up in the pulleys and get very hard to move. You might
> conceder replacing them if they are old or rusted to the point that they
> stick in the pulleys.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-omc-boats@... [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...] On
> Behalf Of Scott E. Veazie
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:46 PM
> To: omc-boats@...
> Subject: Re: [omc-boats] TruCourse vs. Rack Steering
>
> It's hard to steer both ways, and if I let go it stays where it's supposed
> to. I'm not sure if there is a way to service the cables, I've never had
> TruCourse before.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D.Joe Knight" <knight@...>
> To: <omc-boats@...>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:49 PM
> Subject: RE: [omc-boats] TruCourse vs. Rack Steering
>
>
> > Is the steering hard in both directions? IF you let go of the steering
> > wheel under power what happens? You steering could be out of trim.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-omc-boats@... [mailto:owner-omc-boats@...]
> > On
> > Behalf Of Scott E. Veazie
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:07 PM
> > To: omc-boats@...
> > Subject: [omc-boats] TruCourse vs. Rack Steering
> >
> > Ok, non OMC boat question but a general boating OMC question. I have a
> > 22'
> > Glastron with TruCourse. It is a bear to steer under power. I remember
> > some years ago my grandfather had a 25' Carver cabin cruiser, with OMC
> > sterndrive but the rack steering. Does the rack steering do better for
> > larger boats?
> >
> > ~Scott
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