My 1973 Ebbtide project is stalled on steering.
When I turn the steering wheel right, it turns fine. When I try turning to the left, it only goes a short way and then the steering cable feels like it just "bottoms out". Specifically, the splashwell mounted steering-rod retracts and seems to hit the bottom of the splashwell tube where it connects to the steering cable.
When disconnected from steering cable, I can manually turn the motor left or right just fine.
When steering cable is disconnected from Helm but still connected to the motor it still has the problem turning left.
It seems like it should work just like it needs some kind of adjustment, but I really dont know.
Any suggestions?
When I turn the steering wheel right, it turns fine. When I try turning to the left, it only goes a short way and then the steering cable feels like it just "bottoms out". Specifically, the splashwell mounted steering-rod retracts and seems to hit the bottom of the splashwell tube where it connects to the steering cable.
When disconnected from steering cable, I can manually turn the motor left or right just fine.
When steering cable is disconnected from Helm but still connected to the motor it still has the problem turning left.
It seems like it should work just like it needs some kind of adjustment, but I really dont know.
Any suggestions?
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