Wandering Sagebrush
Free Range Human
Well, everything is put together except for filling and bleeding the system, torquing the tiller nut, tightening down the tilt tube adjustment nut, then tying up all the now loose wires and lines. From all I can tell, it looks right
I think I am going to take the boat into Sportcraft to have the system filled and bled. Tim G of Sportcraft mentioned that they have a machine that will take some of the muss and fuss out of the procedure, and they should have a torque wrench (I don't) too. I wouldn't mind a final QA either.
For anyone else with a 22 that is thinking about this, I used 22' hoses, and they are just about the perfect length.
A question for others with SeaStar. The maintenance manual says to remove and lube the support rod (the one through the tilt tube) on an annual basis. Out of curiosity, is anyone doing that??? I do know that it was difficult getting the rod into the tilt tube due to built up grease and rust deposits. I used a bit of elbow grease, some Hoppe's Number 9 bore cleaner with a bottle brush, and a bit of persuasion.
Oh, I still need some advice on getting lithium grease out of Sunbrella.
Chapter 3 to follow.
I think I am going to take the boat into Sportcraft to have the system filled and bled. Tim G of Sportcraft mentioned that they have a machine that will take some of the muss and fuss out of the procedure, and they should have a torque wrench (I don't) too. I wouldn't mind a final QA either.
For anyone else with a 22 that is thinking about this, I used 22' hoses, and they are just about the perfect length.
A question for others with SeaStar. The maintenance manual says to remove and lube the support rod (the one through the tilt tube) on an annual basis. Out of curiosity, is anyone doing that??? I do know that it was difficult getting the rod into the tilt tube due to built up grease and rust deposits. I used a bit of elbow grease, some Hoppe's Number 9 bore cleaner with a bottle brush, and a bit of persuasion.
Oh, I still need some advice on getting lithium grease out of Sunbrella.
Chapter 3 to follow.