Edson steering nylon conduit end fittings

[eianm]

During routine inspection I noticed that these nylon fittings are both cracked- one has half its base missing. Notice the one on left- half the fitting is gone!
Question; has anyone had these break completely, and if so what was the outcome?
Using nylon seems really strange, but Edson have been around a long time!?

 

[kloudie1]

Look like fine adjustment for cable tension.. if the broken one disintegrates, you'll have a LOT of slack at the wheel.. I don't think that it would jamb .. but steering would be pretty loose.. Prolly a good idea to change both once ya get in there.. It looks a bit congested in there, and I think, from the looks of the fracture, that it was hit while working the raw water seacock or the shaft seal..

 

[Terry Cox]

Hi Eian, both of ours were broken when we took possession in 2002. These were the ones right behind the lower battery case and what appears happened was someone pushed the case hard against the conduit where it connects to the fitting causing them to break. Probably did not realize what had happened.

I ordered two new ones from Edson, and rather than disassemble the system, I used a fine scroll saw blade to cut them in half lengthwise, applied some 3M-5200 sealant/adhesive to the edges, then threaded them into the aluminum casting. Finished it off with an adjustable SS clamp on the exposed nylon part. That was in 2002, and still as good as new.

 

[eianm]

Thanks Terry- exactly what i had decided to do!

 

[Maine Sail]

Time to replace those hose clamps too...

 

[Captain Larry-DH]

Careful with 5200, you don’t want to use it as thread locker in a nylon fitting. (Especially where you have limited access space).

 

[eianm]

Maine sail- done! Thank you!!

 

[eianm]

Job successfully completed- I will post a work summary on this project -Terry’s solution works well but there are a few caveats on completing the job successfully