T&T: Hydraulic steering

Davignon, Russell Russell.Davignon@hitchcock.org
Fri Feb 2 12:53:53 EST 2007


Folks, I have 55,0000 lb steel vessel with hydraulic steering. Ever
since I got her the number of turns lock to lock ( 32 as I recall) with
the small 16-188 diameter wheel has been ridiculous.   The problem is
she has a huge ram for the hydraulics to the large rudder.  I have bled
and refilled the hydraulic fluid.  Is there any thing I can do to
improve (Reduce) the number of turns it takes to move the rudder and
improve my control????? Steering manually  is a real pain with this set
up. Thanks Russ Davignon


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