seastar helm...is there a rebuild kit?

[boilerdawg]

i have an older seastar helm that will not hold enuff pressure to overcome the steering torque of the mota. is there a rebuild kit out there somewhere for the seastar helms?
thanks
matt

[T-REX]

Yes ther iz....I juss rebuilt one I have for my old bote...Altho, after rebuild'in the helm, I found that my problem wuz in the ram...

My steer'in wouldn't hold solid, when WOT, I had to constantly turn the wheel to go in a straight line...Kum to find out tha O-ring in the ram wuz bad....Sea Star didn't offer just the O-ring, so I went to the local hydrolik shop, and got one(wuz a milimeter or 2 bigger)...installed it, and back on tha water!!!!.....

Hydroliks ain't rocket science, mainly springs, O-rings, and sum teflon rings, and fluid...and them o-rings are made to handle any kinna fluid U shove in it!!!....Dextron III haz only been in my system for 4 yeerz, and I wuz told mysea star wuz made for certian type oil, and would not work with anythang else!!!!.....

Oh, they iz sum gaskets U need to re-build the helm that kum's in tha kit, so juss replace'in tha o-rings ain't enuff for tha helm!!!....And if your ram is leek'in at the ends, U will have to buy the ends....I juss ain't figgered out how to change the seels yet!!!

[boilerdawg]

mines doin the same thing. i have to continously turn to the left to keep it ina straight line. when i say continously i mean continously. im wore smooth out by the time i get to where im goin. the first time out i had the trim switch cable wrapped around the wheel so many times i broke the cable.

thanks for that there info rex. just where did ya get the kit from?

[T-REX]

Any place that sell's Sea Star kan git it...There iz a number on it U have to have to git the rite one!!!...U kan't order straight from sea star(leese I couldn't!!)

[TD]

mines doin the same thing. i have to continously turn to the left to keep it ina straight line. when i say continously i mean continously. im wore smooth out by the time i get to where im goin. the first time out i had the trim switch cable wrapped around the wheel so many times i broke the cable.

thanks for that there info rex. just where did ya get the kit from?

You have a lot of problems don't you???

[boilerdawg]

You have a lot of problems don't you???

yeah i do but they dont nearly add up to as much as your IOU list that youve been draggin around for years.

[BenKeith]

T-Rex
Did you have fun with that helm??. If anything like the ones on these fork lifts, most people do more harm than good when they take them apart, they are one mother bear if you've never had one appart. Ain't no fun even after having several apart.

I would definetly do the cylinder before going into the helm.

I need to replace the seals on my cylinder rod ends, been just adding fluid and bleeding them for over a year because I've been too cheap to buy that $100 kit. I haven't had the ends off, but can probably get the seals. Do they look like something you can pop out or are they installed and a bushing pressing in behind them so there is no getting them out.

[T-REX]

No, they don't juss pop out, lookz like they are sandwiched between aluminium...I will git sum old ones sum day, and figger out a way to change them lil seals!!!

OH, an U never heered me say that Helm wuz eazy!!!...I did have a few choice words cum forth several times...Sumpth'in so simple to be such a pain in tha azz!!!!

[TD]

yeah i do but they dont nearly add up to as much as IOU .

Thats a good one pencil penis.

[props4u2]

We've had two boats in the shop in the past that were doing the same thing, had to constantly turn to the left. In both cases, the helm was the problem.


Lee

[boilerdawg]

Thats a good one pencil penis.

you're such a tuff guy you oughta just go kick their asses and take your money.

[TD]

Nah , I'm like you. Too skeed!

[boilerdawg]

Nah , I'm like you. Too skeed!

i know what you can do. you can start an "IOU an ass kickin" list. start it by puttin me at the top of it. then you can drag that around with you too. the chances of you kickin my ass are just as bad/worse then you collecting any money supposedly owed to you. and in case you are wondering, i am laughing at you not with you.

[TD]

i know what you can do. you can start an "IOU an ass kickin" list. start it by puttin me at the top of it. then you can drag that around with you too. the chances of you kickin my ass are just as bad/worse then you collecting any money supposedly owed to you. and in case you are wondering, i am laughing at you not with you.

I know what you can do too. You can kiss my hairy azz, punk!