Re: centering the steering on my bayliner/force
If the motor pusll to the left that hard then I would think you need to trim up.
When my motor is all the way down, it does pull hard on the hole shot, I trim up till the steering floats. By then Im on plane.
At that point, if the water is calm. You could literally take your hands off the wheel. It should go straight and not pull want to turn at all.
When it "porpoises" its trimmed too high.
What you describe may have to do with the exhaust snout but if all you did was change the steering cable then Id think this isnt the problem.
Maybe your old cable was so stiff that it actually had enough friction to make you think all was ok. Now that you have a new cable on it, its moves so easily that your steering will behave this way.
Id really think its a trim related problem. If you dont have power trim, move your pin UP one notch and see if it improves.
You should have made sure the cable was set in the middle of its movement before tightening that gimble/gear/shaft piece tight.
Then maybe move the gear a tooth or two left or right so that when you install the wheel its on there 'centered'.
Tim.
