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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Cable & Pulley Steering

I've been moving to a new house the last week and the garage I'll be doing my boat building work in needs some cleaning out and refurbishing (it has a slight lean that needs to be straightened out). I do have an update on the steering situation though.

 After deciding to go with the cable and pulley steering system I went on eBay and found pretty much everything I'm going to need. First, I bought the steering column which will hold the steering wheel, though I'm not sure if the steering wheel I currently have will fit because its not from the cable and pulley era. It looks like it has may fit but I'll need to take the column apart where it mounts to the dashboard. I'll update with better pictures once I'm moved in to the new house.

Secondly, I purchased some pulleys and the two spring connectors (not sure what they're called) as well as the components that connect to the outboard bracket, minus the actual steel piece. Overall this seems like it will be easier to put together than the Teleflex system. The only con of the pulley system I have read about so far is that there will be some feedback from the outboard. This means if I hit a wave and the outboard moves, my steering wheel will also move.

First picture is of the steering column and the second is of the pulleys and other components. (The second picture is from the eBay posting as there was a problem with the shipping and it hasn't arrived yet.)



2 comments:

  1. What is the bracket that connects to the motor called? And what serech did you do on eBay to find that? Need help finding the stuff.

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  2. I was lucky enough to have mine come with the cables and pulleys, though I believe the part is called an "outboard steering connector kit." Below are a few links where you can buy them from websites. Just copy and paste the link into your browser.

    http://www.marineengine.com/parts/johnson-evinrude-accessories/index.php?year=1981&model=Steering+1981&section=Steering+Connector+Kits-rope&yid=34168&mid=34175&sid=36773

    http://www.boats.net/parts/search/OMC/OBAccessories/1997/STEERING/STEERING%20CONNECTOR%20KIT%20-%20CABLE%20PULLEY%20-%209.9,%2015/parts.html

    http://www.marineengine.com/parts/johnson-evinrude-accessories/index.php?year=1983&model=Steering+1983&section=Steering+Connector+Kits+-+Cable+Pulley&yid=34152&mid=34159&sid=37067

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