Re: teleflex steering
Not a bad idea, Mike. The cable isn't the free-to-float style - it
goes through the motor tilt tube. That and the beam of the boat and
the radius is pretty much fixed.
The cable exits the sheath as a shaft that enters a tube fixed to its
own end fitting - that tube slides inside the motor tile tube. In
addition to being a tight bend, most of the problem appears to be rust
between the two.
/jammed
motor tube /
|--------------------| /
--- -----------------|
---|--------------------------------|-- actuator, covered with tube?
--- -----------------|
|--------------------|
motor tube
I had a look at some bass boats with some Seastar hydraulics - nice,
but about $500-600. I think the morse cable *must* come out
regardless; and mechanic told me - "oh yeah, motor *must* come off to
get cable out!"
Gregg
goes through the motor tilt tube. That and the beam of the boat and
the radius is pretty much fixed.
The cable exits the sheath as a shaft that enters a tube fixed to its
own end fitting - that tube slides inside the motor tile tube. In
addition to being a tight bend, most of the problem appears to be rust
between the two.
/jammed
motor tube /
|--------------------| /
--- -----------------|
---|--------------------------------|-- actuator, covered with tube?
--- -----------------|
|--------------------|
motor tube
I had a look at some bass boats with some Seastar hydraulics - nice,
but about $500-600. I think the morse cable *must* come out
regardless; and mechanic told me - "oh yeah, motor *must* come off to
get cable out!"
Gregg
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, <mkriley@...> wrote:
> this sounds like a improper installation.
> the cable has to be free to float and not fastened down and it
needs a large radius for a bend, if it takes a lot of force it is
installed wrong.
> there is a plastic inner sheath and a metal inner cable that will
cut if in a tight bend.
> Fasten the cable with oversize cable clampdowns and rotate the cable
so the inner one is bearing on a new spot
> mike
this sounds like a improper installation.
the cable has to be free to float and not fastened down and it needs a large radius for a bend, if it takes a lot of force it is installed wrong.
there is a plastic inner sheath and a metal inner cable that will cut if in a tight bend.
Fasten the cable with oversize cable clampdowns and rotate the cable so the inner one is bearing on a new spot
mike
the cable has to be free to float and not fastened down and it needs a large radius for a bend, if it takes a lot of force it is installed wrong.
there is a plastic inner sheath and a metal inner cable that will cut if in a tight bend.
Fasten the cable with oversize cable clampdowns and rotate the cable so the inner one is bearing on a new spot
mike