Re: Steering Adjustment Screw on Nissan 5.0 4-stroke

bill payne (bilpayne@gte.net)
Mon, 17 May 1999 06:16:28 -0800

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
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Dear Greg,
Rudder down line on a p19. What is this? I'm putting my P15 in the water
today and there is no line on the rudder. And that wing nut looks like it
will be a reach... Seem I did see a design where a hole was drilled in the
lower rudder and a line bent to it. The line then went up the side of the
upper rudder and attached to the top of the tiller. Is that it? How far
down the rudder is the hole? Does the line go up the side of the rudder or
the leading edge (through the gudgeons)?

> Dear Curt,
>When the rudder kicks up, wrap its down line around the tiller holding it
>firmly at the same time push the tiller upward like a lever. Do this two
>or three times quickly and your rudder will be down again, ready to be
>tied off. You can add an eye on top of tiller and it really works easily
>too (reduces slippage along tiller). Do not try to just pull up on the
>down line. This will result in your rudder popping out of the lower
>gudgeon and bending the upper gudgeon with loss of steering control. What
>you want to do, is contain the forces needed to lower the rudder, between
>the rudder and tiller only.
>Ted - Milwaukee WWPotter19, Hull #0940 "Sea Breeze"
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>Gregory D. Welker wrote:
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>We tightened ours some, and it seems to work fine - can still steer via the
>motor when we have to - such as when the rudder kicks up (then left turns
>are done with rudder and motor), and have seen no problems so far.
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>At 05:37 PM 5/14/99 -0400, Curt Westlake wrote:
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>>Still trying to figure everything out. I prefer to use the tiller when
>>under power, but I just noted in the users manual that Nissan says you
>>shouldn't use the steering adjustment screw to fix the steering. Over
>>tightening can damage the swivel bracket. Any Nissan 4 stroke 5.0 hp
>>owners out there have any advice? Should I ignore this comment or is
>>there another way to fix the motor so I can use the tiller? Or should I
>>be a nice boy and just steer with the motor?
>>
>>Curt Westlake
>>WWP 19 #1096
>>"Permission Granted"
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>Greg Welker
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>Current Designs Pisces
>CLC Cape Charles Modified
>West Wight Potter P-19 #448
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>"Good seamanship is using superior judgement to prevent the need to use
>superior skills."
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