[C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise
Jeffrey Hare
catalina at thehares.com
Thu Aug 31 06:07:44 PDT 2006
My boat does the same thing. I've been meaning to go hunt it down too.
What's interesting is that it doesn't do it all the time, and it's hard to
tell whether it's a load related click/clunk or related to how far I steer.
But it does only happen shortly after changing the direction of steering.
Almost like the quadrant isn't clamped tight enough and it "slips" an bit
and bumps into some stop. If I steer at the dock without any load, I won't
hear anything.
-Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Weiner [mailto:esquirecatering at rcn.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:58 PM
To: 'C320-List'
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise
Check for corrosion on the quadrant. Mine was covered with corrosion
and when we removed it we found that there was a crack on the way
through from the hub out one of the spokes and about a 1/4 inch from the
outside of the rim. Very scary. We took it on the dock, put it down
and it fell into two pieces.
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:52 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: [C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise
Guys 'N Gals:
I noticed the above noise recently and wonder if it's cause for
concern. It started after we had the boat in 'spirited' weather (25 kt
winds with 6 foot seas), enroute from Scituate, MA to Plymouth, MA.
It happens during the minute back and forth adjustments you make while
steering (along with a slight feeling of movement/play in the wheel
when the noise occurs) almost as if there's play in the cables or
wheel. It sounds like it's coming from where the wheel joins the
shaft, yet the nut that holds the wheel (not me) seems secure.
I got into the space where the rudder post is located with the
attendant steering gear around it (quadrant?); the cables seem tight.
From there, they run horizontally to two pulleys under the pedestal
(for the vertical run up the post), they too, seem secure. There's a
cover in the ceiling of the stateroom located under the steering
pedestal; I've not taken it or the post apart for inspection yet.
Bob Seastream
2002, Hull 906
'Intuition'
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