steering pulls to right
Submitted by shane78 on Tue, 2015-03-31 12:03
Hey guys finally took my boat out after nearly 4 months work. Had a good run everything seemed ok except the steering pulls hard to the right when on plane havnt opened it right up for this reason what could be the cause of this.
.thumbnail.JPG "day out on the swan")
Rosie
Posts: 159
Date Joined: 13/01/13
Trim tab
Hi Shane. Try adjusting the trim tab on the motor in the direction that your boat is pulling. Just move it small amounts and check how it feels. After a few test runs you should get it just right
Seek & Deploy
shane78
Posts: 79
Date Joined: 10/12/14
Ok cool but without sounding
Ok cool but without sounding too stupid where are the trim tabs i have an old 1976 77 mercury inline 6
115hp is it the fin looking thing near the bottom of the leg
beeroclock
Posts: 743
Date Joined: 22/08/12
There is a small skeg/anode that is adjustable
in front of and above the prop. Loosen the bolt and turn it to the right dont forget to retighten. Mine pulled to the right real bad and I had to adjust the skeg to the right quite a long way - just keep adjusting as Rosie said above. Mines a 2004 merc so im presuming yours has the same adjustable skeg/anode.
knackers63
Posts: 27
Date Joined: 31/01/12
MY BOAT WAS PULLING TO THE
MY BOAT WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT ON SUNDAY I THOUGHT IT WASNT RIGHT AS IT IS ONLY NEW BUT I DID HIT SOME SHALLOW WEED AT HIGH SPEED THROWING THE MOTOR BACK I RECKON THATS WHAT MY PROBLEM MIGHT BE COULD THIS BE RIGHT SO IS IT ABOVE THE PROP AT THE BACK NOT THE FRONT AS MENTIONED????????????
shane78
Posts: 79
Date Joined: 10/12/14
Ok will try tonight
Ok will try tonight
Swompa
Posts: 3901
Date Joined: 14/10/12
My boat used to pull hard to
My boat used to pull hard to the right, more so as we went faster.
Previously I had the battery in the aft starboard side, and the fuel tank on the port side. During one of my 'idea' sessions, I moved the battery to the bottom of the console, to move the fuel tank to the middle of the boat (over the sump).
That move made by boat plane in a straight line
shane78
Posts: 79
Date Joined: 10/12/14
ok hopefully I explain this
ok hopefully I explain this right, do I move the back of the trim tab to the right or the front of the trim tab to the right
bushbeaver
Posts: 159
Date Joined: 08/07/13
It pivots around the
It pivots around the retaining screw, so you move the rear end. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gkaBQmsibE
Rosie
Posts: 159
Date Joined: 13/01/13
Pivot rear end to the right
Pivot rear end to the right
Seek & Deploy