[C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise

[Jerry Brown]

My steering cables were also loose after a few hours of use, leading to  a 
similar effect during our first season with the boat.  Once tightened they 
have not needed any further adjustment, we are now in our 4th season.

Jerry Brown
Indigo #925
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Magennis" <magenns at yahoo.com>
To: "C320-List" <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Steering 'clank' noise


> 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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