Re: Steering Adjustment Screw on Nissan 5.0 4-stroke

Gregory D. Welker (gwelker@erols.com)
Tue, 18 May 1999 00:04:13 -0400 (EDT)

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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Well, I'm not exactly sure how we got here...but, yes, on a P19 there is a
line to pull the lower half of the rudder into the "down" position, from
which you normally steer, and which is a position that avoids the prop
eating the rudder on left turns, which is sort of how we got here...If you
are motoring in very shallow water, say 2 ft or less, the rudder will kick
up, and you end up having to steer with both the rudder and the motor to
avoid feeding the "kicked up" rudder to the prop. There had been some
marvels of engineering described earlier on this list that connected the
motor to the rudder, so both operated simultaneously, but right now that's
not following the "keep it simple" rule for me.

At 06:16 AM 5/17/99 -0800, bill payne wrote:
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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)?
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>> 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?
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>>>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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Greg Welker

Current Designs Pisces
CLC Cape Charles Modified
West Wight Potter P-19 #448

"Good seamanship is using superior judgement to prevent the need to use
superior skills."