Keel cable inspection....I'm glad I took a minute to look

[Megaro76]

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• Megaro76
• Sep 12, 2017

so I wonder how close this was to breaking....I'm going to replace cable and brass ball

 

[greg_m]

Good day... I am needing to replace the ball in my boat. A friend has managed to bring me the genuine Catalina parts for this back from the States.

How did you manage to get the ball out?

 

[Hardhead]

Were you able to figure out why the cable ball locked up?

Probably would have taken a while, but only a matter of time before she let go with that kind of abrasion.

 

[Megaro76]

Good day... I am needing to replace the ball in my boat. A friend has managed to bring me the genuine Catalina parts for this back from the States.

How did you manage to get the ball out?

The brass ball has a pin through it and the tunnel opening....once the hose was removed I could easily slide the pin out and take the ball out. Very easy

 

[Megaro76]

Were you able to figure out why the cable ball locked up?

Probably would have taken a while, but only a matter of time before she let go with that kind of abrasion.

No clue on that...this is my 2nd summer with the boat and I always release cable tension when trailering...maybe the PO did not always. Last week I checked my keep pin and hangers good....just glad I looked at the cable. New kit on the way!!

 

[greg_m]

The brass ball has a pin through it and the tunnel opening....once the hose was removed I could easily slide the pin out and take the ball out. Very easy

Thanks the reply... seems like the builder of my boat got the plan wrong for the cable tube in my boat. It was installed upside down from what I can see and there is zero access to the pin without cutting away the actual tube supporting structure.

The upside of knowing this though is that the ball is quite low down and thus the cable does not contact any part of the tube on the keel side of the tube.