Installing second helm

[Derby]

I can find one of these for you..11 osd.. I have one and my buddy in Victoria put one on his 232.. they cost around 90 bucks plus the suicide knob...

 

[FISH ON EH]

This is how mine inboard is set-up

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[FISH ON EH]

HEY CASPER 5280 Would u know how 2 steering stations with liquid tie bar works , connections for kicker and main 383 stroker aq...... any help would be
appreciated i need diagram

 

[casper5280]

I wouldn't have a clue. I have one steering station in the cabin and one on the flybridge. the kicker is on it's own system with is a Panther. I'm going to a pod and outboard and the kicker will be on a tie bar setup and a third steering station in the back.

 

[wildthing]

just got a destroyer 5 spoke 11" ss wheel with built in suicide knob with shipping + taxes $100
from a place back east best deal i could find.....
http://www.thechandleryonline.com/product_info.php?cPath=19_360&products_id=1224
the smaller 8" foundry wheels where over $200
just found the email the quote was for $208 with taxes
from SGpower in VIC

 

[Bret]

We have the second helm on the deck its a god send

 

[Jazzycat]

I have a 2nd helm (Sea Star) facing up on the transom with a small wheel with steering knob. It is incredibly useful in that location, especially when playing fish, working gear and steering while surrounded by a lot of boats or avoiding heavy tidelines etc. Keep the wheel and nut greased as water will hold on top of it and you will need a really good gear puller to break it off without damaging the seals if corrosion sets in. The kicker is permanently cross tied to the main outboard, so both helms steer both motors all the time and they can still go up and down independently.

Always remember to top up hydraulic fluid at the highest helm, if you open the lower helm the fluid will flow out and make a big mess and if you were at sea you could lose steering, especially on the upper (main helm). Keep extra fluid and a small funnel on board.

Auto-steering and second helms are really different beasts with their own advantages and disadvantages. The auto helm is mostly about holding a course while the second helm for me is more about maneuvering while occupied out the back. Many times I have used it to steer around a salmon we are trying to keep from coming up on the side of the boat we still have gear down on. In my view, the second helm will cost far less, be generally more reliable and will not fail in heavy seas as some auto-steering systems can do when they get over taxed. If it were me I would add the second helm first then think about auto steering if it does not meet all your needs. Then you would have the best of both, at significant cost of course.

HI Rockfish, This is a great post you did many years ago. I have a question or two. It sounds like your kicker motor and main motor are connected by steering fluid. Plumbed hydraulics . Is this correct? Do you have a bypass do disconnect? I'm imagining it necessary. This steering configuration might be called twins. ( even though you are treating the kicker like a 2nd motor.) Does this sound like what you have? The reason I ask. Is : I'm thinking my little kicker and my main 90 horse etek should just stat apart. And get a cylinder / pump for each. Co

 

[Jazzycat]

HI Rockfish, This is a great post you did many years ago. I have a question or two. It sounds like your kicker motor and main motor are connected by steering fluid. Plumbed hydraulics . Is this correct? Do you have a bypass do disconnect? I'm imagining it necessary. This steering configuration might be called twins. ( even though you are treating the kicker like a 2nd motor.) Does this sound like what you have? The reason I ask. Is : I'm thinking my little kicker and my main 90 horse etek should just stat apart. And get a cylinder / pump for each. Co

Just connect the motors by connecting rod, on the back. what do you think?