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    "The character of a man can be easily judged by how he treats those who can do nothing for him"

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    I'll add that I've never had any handling issues with the sea star system and currently running 2 of them. I figured the amount of movement I'm seeing is the valve design. But if I'm buying new and have a choice I'll go with uflex. But fine with either if its already on a boat. Half inch in either direction like was described is too much for comfort and needs to be figured out. Funny story, I called uflex and asked what the strongest system they sold was and the guy about hung up on me when I mentioned small light boat capable of 100mph. He wanted nothing to do with it. I ordered the silversteer 2.0. But not from uflex directly. Don't think he would have sold me the system if I bribed him. Who knows when I'll ever see it though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 22R View Post

    this is the method I did and it worked great. Bled once and couldn’t see any air at all left but could still crank the wheel past the stops. I left the bleed system connected and let it sit for a day. Went back and cracked the bleeders and bled again. It’s important not to turn the wheel before cracking the bleeders. After the second go I could no longer crank past the stops it was nice and tight. Still a bit of play at the cylinder end though.
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    What does Mark use on the Tuffs that he rigs? That was my approach with my SS 2000. I called Allison and ordered there.

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    Mark has had success with Seastar and also has been a huge help to me on the 2 boats I have had built by him. I also have have a thirst for knowledge and would like to learn as much as I can about this as I go!
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    Might sound nuts but I installed a barb fitting in my seastar helm, hooked up a long clear tube, then used my Mity brake bleed pump to pull a vacuum on it. Got a ton of micro bubbles out.
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    I've installed many complete new seastar systems and swapped more helms / rams / lines than I care to number. Weather bleeding by hand or with the power purger I always have some play, like what is listed above about +/- 1/8" This amount increases if the bushing at the steering pivot is worn or if the knuckle on the tilt tube is loose/adjusted wrong.
    That being said, I could order and send the original thread poster here a system, but I don't know what questions he was wanting answered. What questions do you have about the products? If you are doing a single engine its pretty simple what you need. Double engines with double rams rather than a tie-bar is a little complicated, but not THAT hard to figure. You should be able to order everything you need online without me or a dealer, then ask your questions away on here.

    Moving on to personal preference as most have done on here, I don't like the 1/8 of play that sea star has. I never tried uflex on my rigs but I've driven uflex boats and noticed that they look pretty tight. I went to Hynautic after seastar and never looked back (why I never tried uflex). Hynautic is super tight and theres no movement of steering lines (so you do a clean rigging job and steering lines don't get abraded). Das my opinion on steering, even though that was not at all the original question.

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    ...i used to like the hynautic k-6 cylinders, until they stopped making them. great cylinder. did they start making them again?...

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    No. And the only pain in the a** is getting parts. I end up making stuff for them. Y'all who don't know, seastar bought this company and discontinued the product...tryna get a monopoly or somethin

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    Boatsteer has been great to deal with so far. Just need to get my hose lengths figured out this weekend and pull the trigger. I have the jackplate and acc. for that on order now too!
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    What jackplate did you choose?
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