Bleeding hydro steering?
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Bleeding hydro steering?
Does anyone know how to bleed a dual ram hydro add on system? Is this necessary, and what should the steering effort be at speed? Cadillac? Yugo? lol
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Try bleeding it without running the engines first. I was told this last year and it worked great. Always crack the fittings with the pressure on them.
I have a procedure and will try to get it to you.
Kirk
I have a procedure and will try to get it to you.
Kirk
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cool
how much is that zeigler kit with the helm and hoses, filter, etc. that jayhawk was talking about. Can you get this, and will it come with instructions??
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read the post by Falcon. I did mine this way and worked perfect. Start at post #14
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...light=bleeding
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...light=bleeding
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The add on system should self bleed. I had my engine out and air in the lines on my Pantera. It had a dual ram Marine Machine add on system. All I did when I hooked the lines back up was fired the engine, and kept turning back and forth from lock to lock.
Add on systems are hard to turn at idle. They don't have enough fluid volume. At idle, mine was like turning a car steering wheel without power steering. While driving at speed, it was about as tight as my Mustang.
Bumping up the idle rpm 50-100 will help. Also while at idle and manuevering around the docks, I would try to turn the wheel while in nuetral, between shifts, as much as possible.
Add on systems are hard to turn at idle. They don't have enough fluid volume. At idle, mine was like turning a car steering wheel without power steering. While driving at speed, it was about as tight as my Mustang.
Bumping up the idle rpm 50-100 will help. Also while at idle and manuevering around the docks, I would try to turn the wheel while in nuetral, between shifts, as much as possible.
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use a drill motor to turn the pump (allen wrench fits the PS pump) and add fluid then and turn the wheel all the way one way then add more fluid and then turn the wheel the other way .... this will get 90% bled ..... then you can fire the motors up and turn the wheel back and forth ...keep checking fluid levels