Steering wheel not linned up

[The-easyrider]

Hi gents I bought a boat 2nd hand recently and the steering wheel is turned 90deg to the left when travelling straight, bloody annoying ,my last boat had the same problem which I lived with but I popped the steering wheel off last night thinking it would be splined and an easy fix . But not so it is a key way and the boss has 3 possible positions none of which work out unless I was to put the wheel upside down.Can this be fixed easily or is it a major job I dont understand how they get delivered by the dealer without much attention to detail when they use the excuse that they are hand crafted which is what pushs up the price.Its a safe-t-steering set up on a 650 sea legend stern drive

[BM]

Very rarely do steering wheels line up correctly on boats. Thats why steering wheels that have no particular orientation are the best way to go.

Being sterndrive you may have some adjustment on the actual steering tube on the inner transom wall, by screwing the entire steering tube (that the cable attaches to) one way or the other to achieve movement in the desired direction.

Cheers

[Pirate_Pete_Tas]

I find with my Hydraulic steering it may be lined up 1 day & not the next.

[Robbo_Townsville]

I had mine lined up and by the next trip it had wandered 90deg.

[BM]

Its simple boys....

Get yourself a nice stainless steel multi spoke wheel and whack that on. There is no UP, DOWN, LEFT or RIGHT, simply a symetrical wheel........

Problem solved....

[Roughasguts]

If you felt like it you could do a bodgie by removing the woodroofe key lining up the steering wheel, and tacking a weld on the shaft. Or milling another slot in the shaft.

But I wouldn't be bothered with it.

[Kevaclone]

both my boats had out of alignment wheels
easy to fix
work out how far out it is(1/4 turn, 1/2 turn etc.)
then turn the wheel so that it pushes the steering drag link on the engine out to max, pull the pin on the steering box where the cable goes in and keep turning the wheel the same direction until you feel the end of the cable drop from the box, then turn the wheel the amount it was out, then feed the cable back into the box and turn the wheel the opposite direction to pull it in. Once the cable has seated properly in the box turn the wheel to centre the engine and see how close you got. Took a couple of goes to get mine right but now it's centred and looks much better

Kev