Steering questions

I have a 1700 Lund with a 75hp Merc. If I let go of the steering wheel, it will go right immediately. Does anyone know if there should be a weight or anything on the linkage to slow the steering? It steers just fine, turns easily, etc, just gets old keeping a tight grip on the wheel when moving at speed. Thanks for the help in advance.
Tom

Did you try adjusting the trim tab?

Tried that. No difference.

Steer hard port before you let go of the wheel? Sorry. Other than the trim tab, maybe there is some linkage adjustment? After four years of wrestling the wheel on mine, I figured out that I was missing a zerk on the linkage, no zirk, no grease. Much better now! Good luck.

Some boats will do that if not trimmed up far enough-just a thought- -jerr

As far as I know its a factor of RPM, trim and trim tab. I have mine set to balance out at full speed/full trim. If you cannot adjust I have no clue?

depending on how high your outboard is set, the trim tab may not be as effective as needed. The next step is to install a “torque tab” like this: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_22972_225011000_225000000_225011000_225-11-0

which mounts to the skeg, and has a lot more surface area to help counteract the propeller torque. Different props help too, I find that a 4-blade produces less steering torque than a 3-blade.
HRG

With the motor trimmed down most of the way the prop blade on the right side is essentially taking a bigger bite than the one on the left. This is because of the slight nose up attitude of the boat and mostly the angle of the prop shaft to the direction of the flow of water past the prop. This causes the wheel to turn to the right when released. As the motor is trimmed up the force on the wheel will neutralize and with still more up trim the wheel will want to turn to the left. This is very common on most manual steering systems. A friction lock or power steering are the only ways I can think to eliminate “the pull”.

Thanks everyone for the input. What I started doing while trolling was to hook a short strap from the steering wheel to the side of the consule. Works good if you want to get up and move around or need to get to a rod or the net. Kind of primitive, but it works well.

Is that at all speeds or just trolling?