Surfjones3
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hello all
I have a great 2014 Parker 21se with a Yamaha 150. I started having trouble with my steering a while back, it’s a sea star hydraulic system, it was seemingly exhibiting symptoms of having air in the system, I would have to turn the the wheel several rotation before it would respond making driving very squirrelly. I purchased a standard bubble purge kit and was getting a lot of fuild leaking out from behind the bleeder valve so I replaced them and purged the system, the fluid coming out was clean and I did move a bunch of air bubbles out. It responded decently the first trip out after purging but this week after I took it out going in reverse out of the dock the wheel didn’t catch after several turns. Later on the steering seemed to improve and at higher rpms I don’t really notice it to much, around 1500-2000rpms it can be very squishy, I frequently have to make adjustments bc I’m overcorrecting when I try to keep a heading at these speeds. I don’t appreciate any fluid leaks at the helm or cylinder. Is this likely a bad helm or are there other things I could try before replacing the helm?
I have a great 2014 Parker 21se with a Yamaha 150. I started having trouble with my steering a while back, it’s a sea star hydraulic system, it was seemingly exhibiting symptoms of having air in the system, I would have to turn the the wheel several rotation before it would respond making driving very squirrelly. I purchased a standard bubble purge kit and was getting a lot of fuild leaking out from behind the bleeder valve so I replaced them and purged the system, the fluid coming out was clean and I did move a bunch of air bubbles out. It responded decently the first trip out after purging but this week after I took it out going in reverse out of the dock the wheel didn’t catch after several turns. Later on the steering seemed to improve and at higher rpms I don’t really notice it to much, around 1500-2000rpms it can be very squishy, I frequently have to make adjustments bc I’m overcorrecting when I try to keep a heading at these speeds. I don’t appreciate any fluid leaks at the helm or cylinder. Is this likely a bad helm or are there other things I could try before replacing the helm?
