Reminder to wear your life jacket!

[willyfish]

Holy cow, thank god you made it through that! Your face reminds me of a bout I saw between Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan.

[LukeD]

On ‎10‎/‎28‎/‎2019 at 3:54 PM, fishinwrench said:

Yikes!   This is why I'm not a fan of hydraulic steering.   

works fine if its done correctly but a hose clamp and barb fitting is not how you fix a Hydraulic system

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, LukeD said:

works fine if its done correctly but a hose clamp and barb fitting is not how you fix a Hydraulic system

Ok, but what happened that warranted the hose clamp fix in the first place ? 

[liphunter]

54 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Ok, but what happened that warranted the hose clamp fix in the first place ? 

I don't know, but I agree with him. if you choose not to use duct tape, your just asking for trouble!!! 

[fishinwrench]

I'm just saying...... I've seen plenty of steering CABLES get stiff and eventually seize, but I've never EVER seen one break and let go of the motor.

Hydraulic pumps, hoses, and fittings fail all the time.   And your STEERING SYSTEM is the most important component on the whole dang boat !    Therefore I'm not at all in favor of the "lovely convenience" of hydraulic steering systems on any boat capable of more than 30 mph.

Hydraulic ASSIST would be cool, but with straight hydraulic, you're just asking for it.

[snagged in outlet 3]

33 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I'm just saying...... I've seen plenty of steering CABLES get stiff and eventually seize, but I've never EVER seen one break and let go of the motor.

Hydraulic pumps, hoses, and fittings fail all the time.   And your STEERING SYSTEM is the most important component on the whole dang boat !    Therefore I'm not at all in favor of the "lovely convenience" of hydraulic steering systems on any boat capable of more than 30 mph.

Hydraulic ASSIST would be cool, but with straight hydraulic, you're just asking for it.

Even on a 60/40 jet?

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Even on a 60/40 jet?

Duh!  

Do you know how bad you'd get hurt if that thing took an immediate right/left while bookin' up the river?

[snagged in outlet 3]

21 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Duh!  

Do you know how bad you'd get hurt if that thing took an immediate right/left while bookin' up the river?

I’ll look it over closely tomorrow. Thx

[jdmidwest]

That failure would jerk you stiff.

But jet boats handle different than a speed boat. 

I will stick to the old 50 hp and cables.  30 mph on the water is fine for me.

[LukeD]

On ‎11‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 11:27 AM, fishinwrench said:

Ok, but what happened that warranted the hose clamp fix in the first place ? 

Missed this question.

somewhere along the boats life I assume someone figured a hose clamp and barb fitting would work. no clue how that part of it went down as I bought the boat used from a guy in Nixa.

I assume they had an issue with the threaded fittin on the hose and thought that would be an ok fix. I fixed it correctly and just bought new hoses for a whole $125 or so. was a simple fix that could have kept someone from getting hurt or worse so I did it the right way when I fixed it