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Sea star steering issue

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AA dualsport

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I have a sea star hydraulic steering setup on my 21br. If i grab the back of the motor it moves back and forth without the steering wheel moving. On the hydraulic shaft its about 1/4 inch or so, but the back of the motor it is much more. I still have a chin walk issue and I'm pretty sure this has something to do with it. Does anyone know how to eliminate that play?

Thanks
 
AA dualsport said:
I have a sea star hydraulic steering setup on my 21br. If i grab the back of the motor it moves back and forth without the steering wheel moving. On the hydraulic shaft its about 1/4 inch or so, but the back of the motor it is much more. I still have a chin walk issue and I'm pretty sure this has something to do with it. Does anyone know how to eliminate that play?

Thanks
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Hopefully that is the lowest point in the system, and the trick is to steer the wheel back-and-forth from lock to lock many times until you work the air bubbles up to the helm where you can bleed off the air and refill with hydraulic fluid
 
It will take many more times purging than the Sea Star instructions indicate. Keep going until no bubbles. You should be able to get it to have no (zero) movement of the engine.

-Craig
 
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