Looking For Advice On Hydraulic Steering!
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I pieced a kit together.
Bought the external gear here in the swap shop for a grand. Had 200 into new seals for the Rams.
I completed it with an inside to the helm kit from CP performance.
It wasn't cheap, but I wanted to stay in the boat at speed.
Bought the external gear here in the swap shop for a grand. Had 200 into new seals for the Rams.
I completed it with an inside to the helm kit from CP performance.
It wasn't cheap, but I wanted to stay in the boat at speed.
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anything short of a full dual ram setup will be a bandaid deal, you really need the support on both side of the drive, if you ever seen what happens when it breaks a gimble housing, you will understand, then the cable from the helm is iffy at best, and as said before those boats were never designed to run that fast, not a great hull, some have done it, many have tried.
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From: Toms River,NJ / Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fla.
Looking to put hydraulic steering on my 89 baja 240 sport. I get chine walking bad around 63 m.p.h. An as you climb it does get worse. As far as hydraulic steering i'm working on a budget. When i was looking into them im not sure as to what length ram i would need an all the measurements. Any suggestions?
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Hey Chevy, Im abit confused. I understand the boat chine walks and how scary and a pain in the but it can be. Somewhere along the line you decided to put hydraulic steering in to the equation I believe to help with the chine walk. What is your intended end result by doing the steering. Is it that it will Eliminate the chine walk at those higher speeds? Im curious because the steering alone may no end the problem. What have you been told adding the steering will do. There are a lot of boats with Hydraulic steering that still chine walk all over the place. Would hate to see you spend the money and be right back where you started,
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From: Toms River,NJ / Siesta Key, Sarasota, Fla.
Hey Phrag , you are correct. Ive been thru it. I was just trying to find out what his original problem was and what he is trying to accomplish. Don't want to see him spend a lot of money and not get the results he is hoping for. There are a few things that may lessen the chine walk situation. Tightening up the steering will let you control it better but does not fix it. It may never be fixed cause nothing is broken. Would be a shame if he spent all kinds of money expecting it to be gone from installing The hydraulic steering and it still does the chine walk. Steve
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I bet the hull has a pretty strong hook in it, along with some worn parts. Since you blew the Bravo you can check the gimbal and pins while you are in there.
Get a long straight edge and hold it to the bottom and see how straight it is
Get a long straight edge and hold it to the bottom and see how straight it is



