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Old 07-08-2009, 04:22 PM   #11
 
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Be interested in what you find, propnut, because we have the same problem. I haven't started trouble-shooting it yet.

It is annoying. Coupled with the fact I'm new at this, at slow speeds I weave back-and-forth like a drunken sailor

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    Slow speed "wander" is very typical on powerboats. Your best approach is to avoid trying to contstanly correct it. You wind up looking more like a drunken sailor...
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    Slow speed "wander" is very typical on powerboats. Your best approach is to avoid trying to contstanly correct it. You wind up looking more like a drunken sailor...
    Yeah, I know. Friend that was with us yesterday joked that it was a good thing I had registration and equipment all in order, cuz if one of the water cops saw us, he'd be almost certain to want to take a look

    (Actually, we did pass a county sheriff's patrol going the other way, and he never looked twice.)

    Every one-in-a-while, probably when I'm not concentrating on it, I get it right and we steer a fairly non-drunken line for a while .

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    Hi PROPNUT,

    Do you have tilt steering? We have it on our Talari and the "U" joint couplers had come loose. If you take the wheel and rubber collar off, turn the shaft and you'll be able to see if that's part of your problem.

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    WW, we have tilt steering on our '94 182 Barchetta, and, as I mentioned already, she's got a bit of slack in the steering. Is the wheel removed by removing those half-dozen or so flat-head screws around the perimeter of the steering wheel hub? Does the rubber flex collar then just come right off?

    When I was under the dash, messing with fuses, yesterday, I noticed that as I slightly turned the wheel, that square bar under there moved back-and-forth a bit. Looked like the hardware that secures that could use a bit of tightening, too. Safe to do?

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    I have a 94 Z225 with Tilt steering as well.. Was a bit annoyed at my steering slop too.. Pictures Please... Pictures on what you do find...
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