Re: gear shift cables kaput
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:55 am
10 Imperial feet, surely.
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Re: gear shift cables kaput
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:07 am
Were the new ones Dowsar gave you actually longer than the old cables?
Re: gear shift cables kaput
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:30 pm
No. They gave me identical 14ft cables. Can't believe my measurement was off by 40%!!Crikey wrote:Were the new ones Dowsar gave you actually longer than the old cables?
Installed em in 2 hours. Only tricky bit was getting them around that bend and out the through-hull in the transom. Argh. That space being full of styroform flotation did not help matters.
Anyway, I took er out to test them and revved er up to 13.5 knots.
Wheeeeee! But omg she steers like a wallowing pig...
Re: gear shift cables kaput
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:41 pm
Go for some steering modes. DVD disks with silicone spray at the rudder pivot really helps when tighten'd. Tighten down or shim the interior steerimg arms. Do the full monty!