Steering

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Jake

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Just looking to add to my limited boat knowledge. My stern drive bowrider has what I would call power steering, very little effort required. I read here of hydraulic steering on an outboard. Is there power assisted hydraulic steering and non-assisted types or just one type?

Thanks,

Jake
 
Jake":zhat2r4u said:
Just looking to add to my limited boat knowledge. My stern drive bowrider has what I would call power steering, very little effort required. I read here of hydraulic steering on an outboard. Is there power assisted hydraulic steering and non-assisted types or just one type?

Thanks,

Jake
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On boats our size, for hydraulics there's different brands but basically they are all the same general operation. The wheel is hooked to a pump that is manually operated when the wheel turns. This sends hydraulic fluid down one line or the other. One line drives a ram in one direction, the other line drives it in the other direction. The ram is hooked through a linkage to the engines. To my knowledge, there are not power assisted pumps that are appropriate for the size engines we need to turn.
 
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