hydro steering
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GotMyAlly
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If you mean the bolt from the cylinder to the steering arm, the 6345 (darris designed) cylinder is the same as the standard on in that respect.
pickwickangler
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Just finished up installing mine and it does suck to know that your steering is held together by one 1/4 inch bolt. Later
Myron
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that is what I thought,I will stick to my cables, I really don't have any problem with them, with my gearcase and setup it drives real easy. When Mercury first came out with the 225 Pro-Max SS I had one of the first ones, one day as I was pulling onto the boat basin the steering was locked, luckily I had just got off plane, when I put it on the trailer to see what happened the bolts that goes thru the tiller arm to the exhaust plate were broke, that could have been real bad at speed. I don't like playing with danger.
fishnfireman
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Exactly why I am ordering a steering yoke to go on this mtr.
fishnfireman
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That's not good.
which one do you have..
I hope they are not all the same..
The one I had on my 280 looks different than the one in the photo off reynolds racing.
which one do you have..
I hope they are not all the same..
The one I had on my 280 looks different than the one in the photo off reynolds racing.
fishnfireman
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Will have to do some research.
Sure would like to have that whole system backed up.
Bound to be a way to make one work !!
Sure would like to have that whole system backed up.
Bound to be a way to make one work !!
props4u2
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fnf,
There are two different steering braces, one for a short shaft and one for a long shaft. Both are made for the one piece adapter plates as stated before, they will not work with a two piece adapter.
The one tiller arm 3/8, not 14" bolt that Teleflex uses has a shear strength of like 27,000 psi, not sure of the number but it's way up there. That was Darris's main concern with the hyd. system, one bolt with no safty net. When Teleflex proved the shear strength to him, all he needed was a few minor changes to the steering cylinder shaft and he never looked back. There is no one on this board, or the intire internet that is more concerned with safety than he is.
Lee
There are two different steering braces, one for a short shaft and one for a long shaft. Both are made for the one piece adapter plates as stated before, they will not work with a two piece adapter.
The one tiller arm 3/8, not 14" bolt that Teleflex uses has a shear strength of like 27,000 psi, not sure of the number but it's way up there. That was Darris's main concern with the hyd. system, one bolt with no safty net. When Teleflex proved the shear strength to him, all he needed was a few minor changes to the steering cylinder shaft and he never looked back. There is no one on this board, or the intire internet that is more concerned with safety than he is.
Lee
fishnfireman
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No kidding !!!!
I have never heard of the bolt breaking.....But I have heard of a couple of the tiller arms breaking. As with all stories --did it break first, causing the wreck or was it broke during?????
Might have to put a liitle "southern engineerig" to work on this one. I'm sure there is a way to back up the tiller and the bolt even with a 2 piece adaptor plate.. Might be possible to make one that fits between the 2 plates then extends out to the end of the tiller arm !!
Or maybe I'm worrying about something that's no big deal.
My biggest concern with this mtr is that it is a 2000 model, it has been trailered a ga-billion miles and has seen a LOT of rough water..It's bound to have more than it's share of metal fatigue !!!
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I too, like Myron, had the top motor mount bolt shear and lock up my steering. I also have seen broken tiller arms and wondered which happened first the accident or the tiller arm break.
I, if anyone, should have broken a tiller arm or Teleflex pivot bolt by now, if it was probable, especially after finding the split offset plate last week.
JR
I, if anyone, should have broken a tiller arm or Teleflex pivot bolt by now, if it was probable, especially after finding the split offset plate last week.
JR
fishnfireman
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For sure----If the undisputed "king of bat turns" cant break one.....Not sure what I'm worried about!!
I did replace and tighten ALL the motor mount bolts just a few weeks ago.
The top ones were getting a lot of play in them.. I started to replace the motor mounts..however I just rotated them a little. and with the new bolts they snugged up good as new.
fishnfireman
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here's a thread with the merc p/n
http://forum.allisonowners.com/showthread.php?t=1665&highlight=steering+bolt
http://forum.allisonowners.com/showthread.php?t=1665&highlight=steering+bolt