Hydraulic Unassisted Steering woes

legoman67

Chief Petty Officer
Joined
Oct 16, 2008
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636
Well, our boats getting ever so close to being finished....

the other day i finally got the steering lines all hooked up, and started bleeding the system. Since i didnt have any fancy bleeding tool, i used a funnel and kept it full of fluid as i spun the wheel, after quite awhile air bubbles stopped coming up and the fluid stopped going down. I removed the funnel, put the cap on, and spun the wheel. The ram didnt budge, and fluid shot straight up through the caps pressure release hole....

When i loosened the lines at the ram fluid pooled out, so i know the fluid is getting to the ram....The ram doesnt leak at all.

The helm station pump is a Wagoner, thats all i can make out on the label... no idea what the ram is
 

fishe

Cadet
Joined
Feb 21, 2011
Messages
27
Re: Hydraulic Unassisted Steering woes

just had a similar problem. i have fluid leaking out of the ram and don't know why. I put teflon tape on the threads, tightened the nut down pretty good, and fluid still squirts out of the nut when I turn the wheel. HELP! Any ideas? I appreciate it.
 
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