new boat need help

[tylor2009]

i picked up 87 i think an has the 2.3 or 3,0 4 cylinder motor it has cobra omc out drive it pulls hard to the right if u let go of the wheel what could cause this?

 

[jtmarten]

Re: new boat need help

Anode tab adjustment, bent prop, maybe just normal torque steer.

 

[tylor2009]

Re: new boat need help

only thing i seen is the guy hit something with the blade an he took a grinder on it an grinded the blade on every fen at the end so its kinda square at the ends of the blades i will try posting pics later but do you think this is whats causeing it to pull to that one side?

 

[Don S]

Re: new boat need help

No, do not start grinding on the prop. Adjust the trim tab on the outdrive that is just above and aft of the prop. That's what it's there for.

 

[tylor2009]

Re: new boat need help

no i didnt grind the propeller the last owner did. what is the trim tap on the out drive how to adjust it?

 

[jtmarten]

Re: new boat need help

I'd try a different prop before anything else. I tagged my port SS cleaver on a rock earlier this summer and folded over about 1/2" of one tip, slightly bent the other 2. Boat pulled HARD to the left after, and suprisingly no vibration from it. Much larger/heavier boat. Doesn't take a large defect in the prop to have a large effect on the boat; small cause, large effect.