I have to replace the throttle and transmission cables. I have a yacht specialties pedestal. Where can I find these cables?
1980 37 ft Cherubini
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Morse/Teleflex make replacement cables. You just need to figure out the length and end connections. Any marine shop should be able to help you once you have the old ones out.
Be sure to put in some fish lines to help with the new installation.
Be sure to put in some fish lines to help with the new installation.
Take a look at this thread just a couple of days ago on "Ask All Sailors":
http://forums.hunter.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=144124
The piece that is pictured in the opening posy #1 will fail at some point if yours has not already been replaced or modified. Just imagine that you are coming into your slip aggressively (fast) so that you have steerage to compensate for a strong cross wind. You need to shift to reverse to "brake" the boat's speed after the bow makes it into the slip. The plastic control head's cable attach point breaks off during the twist of the gear lever. No reverse...
Maybe this will help avoid one of the "wanna bet" issues when you go about re-installing your Yacht Specialites pedestal. From a post of mine several years ago.
... One thing that I did do wrong on my first refitting of the steering cable is that I hadn't noticed that the cable crosses over itself inside the pedestal. That is: If you are standing to the aft of the pedestal looking forward, the chain/cable that drops from the starboard side of wheel chain sprocket crosses over to port sheave that angles the vertical drop of cable back to the quadrant. The other side crosses from port to the starboard sheave. Also although its not readily noticeable, one of sheaves is a bit forward of the other. This is so the cable sides don’t rub against each other as they cross inside the pedestal. This routing inside my boat was hard to see on my boat, but I probably would have missed the cross-over even if it was right in front of me. So best as you can, try to observe and record the routing from the chain sprocket to the sheaves and also the routing quadrant/attach points before you take the steering chain/cable off. If the cable doesn’t cross over itself inside the pedestal, the steering works, but turn the wheel to port and the boat goes right and vice-versa. While I was at it, another item that caught my attention was the molded plastic housing into which the gear shift and throttle handles are set. This is the piece that Ian McGain photographed and was unable to remove the four screws from. I had better luck as my screws came out. While I was researching Yacht Specialties pedestals in preparation for my disassembly project, I read somewhere (probably deep in this forum’s archives) that people have had problems with the plastic housing breaking inside where the shift and throttle lever shafts and cables are anchored to the housing. The accounts cite that if a cable anchor or throttle handle breaks free inside, one might not be able to (say) shift out of forward into reverse. Or the throttle might get stuck at full (or idle). Or the broken-loose part could jam in the steering chain. Any of which would be a heart stopper for sure if the failure occurred (say) after committing to the final turn into a berth. When I had my part removed from the pedestal, I did discover the beginnings of a stress crack near one of the cable anchor points. The web references said that this pedestal part is no longer available and a casting shop would have to custom-make a replacement. I decided instead to reinforce all the potentially suspect areas by encasing/epoxying them with custom bent u-channels I made from stainless steel sheet metal. Then I poured in lots of West Systems epoxy all around to ensure that nothing could possibly ever break apart.
Thanks all, good stuff. I'll make sure I check those connection points. I have a buddy that can fabricate anything, in fact he is making the wheel shaft as we speak. It was frozen solid inside the bushings
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