[C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise

[Steve Magennis]

Tighten you steering cables a bit.  What you are hearing and feeling is
a little slack in the cable.

Steve
Alchemist #909

--- Robert Seastream <seastream at adelphia.net> wrote:

> 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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