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    Latham Steering

    My Latham steering is tough around the docks @ idle. It's also making this noise, running 1000 RPMs, while turning back and forth on the wheel.

    normal? thoughts, ideas?

    Sorry for the sideways picture, taken from my phone, and it's a bit shaky because of course steering back and forth rocks the boat quite a bit.

    And don't mind the mess... was just running it to the trailer so I can get it cleaned up and maintenance done

    [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvafNLZL5DQ[/media]

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    Belt tight and dry?, plenty of fluid? No water in the fluid/system?
    Cheers,
    Pismo
    1996 22 Classic
    Red with Stainless Windshield
    Stock Gen VI 502 Magnum MPI-415hp
    Stock Bravo I
    25" Mirage Plus
    74.5mph best @ 5050rpm GPS (Speedo said 80)
    27" Labbed Mirage Plus
    75.5mph best @ 4800rpm GPS (Speedo said 82)

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    That's the relief valve opening.
    Your car will do the same thing at lock.
    Or it could be the vane pump (Saginaw is a vane pump) and it's noisy because of the low speed and the load it's seeing.
    George Carter
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    where is the return fluid hose going to? with the pressure its putting out that noise may be the fluid hitting the side of the canister,,kinda like a pressure washer doing its job..

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    Hello Vette,

    This is Larry, the guy that bought your 22 that also had the "tough steering" that everyone thought was normal and couldn't figure out it was not working correctly.

    On your old one, or my new one it was just the power steering pump failed.

    Try a new pump, they internally shear and will look perfectly fine but not work as intended.

    The 22 I bought off you does run 80+ straight as an arrow with ease using one hand with the latham. And putzing around docks can be done with ease using one hand.

    Give it a try, let us know what happens.

    Larry

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