No Steering?

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:40 am

Well put the old girl overboard and No steering Wheel goes round and round put no move the rudder? H-21 Hynautic reservoir is full and pressure at 25 PSI no leaks I can find! Any suggestions? Thanks

retman · Post by **retman** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:31 pm

Try some light rapping on the reservoir-valve while turning the wheel. Maybe a stuck check valve. Some light tapping on the helm unit might be useful too.

otf · Post by **otf** » Thu May 21, 2009 2:07 pm

I just went through this a month ago. Take a look at hynautic's website. I ended up having to do their priming procedure as outlined on the site. Afterwards someone at the marina told me "sometimes" just boosting the air pressure temporarily works. Not sure I like the idea of possible forcing a leak, but an idea. I think this was the link I used http://ww2.seastarsteering.com/PDFs/182000-A.pdf

Gunny · Post by **Gunny** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:05 am

Both good suggestions! never thought about tapping the reservoir valve or helm unit, I will give it a try this weekend. The failure really surprised me since the system was fine when I laid her up for the season,Not really looking forward to purging the entire system.