Help w/steering

[71Nordic]

Recently put together 71 Nordic Longeck w/BBC,had it out for 1st time and steering was very sensitive..turn wheel slighty and boat wants to turn hard,was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to making the steering a little less responsive? Any help would be greatly appreciated..
Thanks
Al

[VDRIVERACING]

Two questions:
Where is the plate positioned, and how many teeth are on your steering shaft gear?

[adjones419]

Count the teeth on your steering sprocket...usually 11 or 17 (I think).

[GofastRacer]

Probably have an 8 tooth sprocket on the steering shaft, put a larger one on!..

[fc-pilot]

Art, Isn't it the other way around?
Paul

[GofastRacer]

Shit that's right my bad, thanks for the correction!..

[71Nordic]

Thank you for your help! I will check and see how many teeth it has. I guess I need to go with a larger sprocket? Can I get these at Rex marine? Once again thanks for your help.

[GofastRacer]

Yep, Rex can handle it for ya!..

[colechillin]

Those sprockets are a Morse part number. You can get those through McMaster Carr. Hope that helps...

[DansBlown73Nordic]

My Nordic is kinda slow to turn. Maybe I need a bigger gear???

[fc-pilot]

Thank you for your help! I will check and see how many teeth it has. I guess I need to go with a larger sprocket? Can I get these at Rex marine? Once again thanks for your help.
I think you want to go with a smaller gear. The larger the gear the further (harder) the rudder will turn the boat than if you have a smaller gear. Most of the circle boats (that I have noticed) usually have a big gear (higher number of teeth) than most other boats.
Paul