Sea star steering

[Rod M]

I just got this 2120 last fall. Work has been busy, but I'm slowly working on projects. The steering has been really sloppy, but coming from a flat bottom skiff I thought maybe that was the nature of a V hull. Friday, I bled the steering system. What a difference! It's a completely different boat, now. When I took the cap off the helm I couldn't see any oil in it, so I knew it had air in it.

 

[Brent]

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[Andy]

I just got this 2120 last fall. Work has been busy, but I'm slowly working on projects. The steering has been really sloppy, but coming from a flat bottom skiff I thought maybe that was the nature of a V hull. Friday, I bled the steering system. What a difference! It's a completely different boat, now. When I took the cap off the helm I couldn't see any oil in it, so I knew it had air in it.

I was having SeaStar steering issues and knew it needed bleeding... Here are a couple videos about using the Bubble Purge system; It worked great. I used to do it the 'old way' which wasted a lot of hydraulic fluid. How did you bleed yours?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMuJOWIUGXQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79IGox3Kpo

 

[Rod M]

I got the bubble purge outfit. It's low on oil and needs bleeding again, so I got new gland seals to put on it. Obviously leaking a bit.