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Old 08-18-2012 | 09:20 PM
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I have twin 502 mags with bravo one drives and 26 pitch 4 blade props. Once I get the boat on plane it wants to dart one way or the other with little to no steering wheel input. As you can imagine, this is not fun. I haven't been able to get the boat over 45 due to the unstable ride. Any thoughts? Thanks. My boat is a 28 foot obsession with two steps in the hull.
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Old 08-18-2012 | 09:20 PM
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Have only owned the boat for a couple months.
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Old 08-18-2012 | 09:25 PM
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Do you have external steering or the tiller steering.If you have full hyd external steering I would check the alignment off the drives one to the other. If it is inside tiller steering it could be slop in the tillers,Do you have a tie bar? JOHN SR
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Old 08-18-2012 | 09:42 PM
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da trim da trim boss,,your not trimming the boat enough,,need to get the bow out of the water..you are bow steering the boat..if you havnt driven a boat with steps and twins have someone teach you..also watch how you make turns or you may spin out,,also ware your tether...
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Old 08-18-2012 | 10:19 PM
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Full external hydraulic steering with tie bar.
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Old 08-18-2012 | 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by sanderps
Full external hydraulic steering with tie bar.
Your not hearing/reading the good advice given...
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Old 08-18-2012 | 10:56 PM
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I agree with the advice given above. My problem is that I drove a fountain with the same setup as mine and the boat drove like a dream. No issues whatsoever. The owner of that boat then drove mine and he couldn't keep the boat from darting left or right or even porpoising.
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Old 08-18-2012 | 11:39 PM
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If you can grab the tie bar and move the outdrives at all there is air in the hydraulic steering system. Also check drive alignment.
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Old 08-19-2012 | 02:07 AM
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All this sounds like a alinement issue or trim issue. If the drives have no slop in them, then it would seem the boat is being trimmed bow down to much.

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Old 08-19-2012 | 12:36 PM
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Are your trim tabs stuck or placed down?
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