Edson cables for Bud
You bet I replaced them! It was no problem, although I did have a moment of hilarity....I did not pay close attention to the cable runs as I was removing them, and neglected to notice that they cross over. Consequently, when I installed the new cables, they did the reverse of what they were supposed to do. I had the boat hauled out at the time. So......when the Travelift put me back in the water, the boat went right when I steered left, and left when I steered right. A brief moment of panic ensued. I drove the boat VERY slowly and carefully to its slip, then re-did the job. Subsequently, I realized that if I had visualized the top of the wheel as the handle of the tiller, and had pushed it in the same direction as I would have pushed a tiller, all would have been OK, and my heartbeat would not have accelarated one bit! But, all ended OK...which reminds me that I am due to check those cables, once again. The area with the wear was a particularly insidious one, inside the pedestal and neither visible from below or by removing the compass. So....pull the whole darned thing out, to be certain of its condition.
