drew marine stabilizer
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Can you guys give me some info on this product. My father is in the process of working on his boat. He is wanting to make the steering a little safer in case of failure. He is not ready to shell out the cash for a full hydraulic setup. He is looking at this drew marine stabilizer. I see they make a single ram for a small block and dual rams for the big block. A few years ago they were only offering one for the big blocks. Could he get away with just running the small block single stabilizer? He wanted to spend around $450-500 for a stabilizer. Eddie marine gets $790 for the dual big block ones. His boat is 22' baja sport and only runs around 75.
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Wasn't there a 1 or 2 guys machining and building hydraulic steering systems on OSO?
Thanks guys
Any opinions?
Wasn't there a 1 or 2 guys machining and building hydraulic steering systems on OSO?
Thanks guys
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I installed the dual stabilizers on my Scarab and they work great! If I were racing the boat I would have gone hydraulic, but for pleasure they were fine!
The cost was only half as much as Hydraulic steering!
The cost was only half as much as Hydraulic steering!
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At $800, why not consider add-on hyd. systems?
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I am also running the Drew Marine dual stabilizers on my 22 scarab. I think they work great. I know they aren't as good as hydraulic, but better than nothing. Hope to upgrade soon. Anyone got a good used system?
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I installed a single drew marine stabilizer on a Formula 271 w/ Whippled 502, 80mph boat. It works great at high speed and is a good safety addition for those who can't afford a hydraulic system...at least its better than nothing!
Only problem is at low speed, idle, the power steering can't quite overcome the increased resistance on the ram so steering effort is increased. This goes away once the rpms are above 1000, but under that you can't turn the wheel lock to lock very fast.
Only problem is at low speed, idle, the power steering can't quite overcome the increased resistance on the ram so steering effort is increased. This goes away once the rpms are above 1000, but under that you can't turn the wheel lock to lock very fast.
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Isn't the $500 Drew steering stabilizer the same thing as a $50 steering stabilizer for a truck? Sure the one's on trucks may not have all the connection hardware, but that's easy to put together. All the Drew's I've seen look tarnished after a couple seasons. I could replace 10 times at their price.
What gives? Sorry to run a product down, but what it offers just doesn't seem worth the extra $$.
What gives? Sorry to run a product down, but what it offers just doesn't seem worth the extra $$.