Parts for a Merriman Yacht Specialties Pedestal?

[Tom]

Went down to the boat today and discovered the shift mechanism on the pedestal was broken, upon disassembly, I discovered the plastic piece that secures the fixed end of the cable was broken, and apparently repaired once before with epoxy. Merriman went out of business in 1989 from what I gather, does anyone know where I might find spare parts for the pedestal? It has a part number Y321-0110.

 

[John H380 1999]

Junk Merriman - get Edson

That bracket that broke was plastic and cannot be fixed or replaced. Check the Edson catalog and put on an external single handle shifter. It is great but a little pricey.It will bolt on. Call Edson tech help and explain that you are going external. Replace the throttle and shifter cables while you are at it.I did it on an '85 H34 and it was really smooth and anyone can run the boat and not get confused about shifting.

 

[Jay Tracy]

Yacht specialties pedistal

Are you talking about the round plastic piece, the same diameter as the pedestal, about 3" high and sitting between the pedestal post and the compass? If so I had the same problem. I took the plastic piece to a small local foundary and they cast a new one out of aluminum (cost about $250), then to a machine shop to drill the holes ($30). It has worked fine, the whole process took 3-4 weeks and was much less expensive than the thousands of dollars to have a new Edson system. BTW, the reason you can't get a replacement part is that Edson bought Yacht Specialties inventory with no intention of continuing to make replacement parts.Jay

 

[WILDBILL]

MARRIMAN PEDISTAL

This is a big problem with Marriman pedistals.Mine gave way as I was backing out of the slip.I thought I had shifted out of gear, seeing I was going to fast I shifted to farward gear and gave some throtle.Now excelarating backword . I killed the yanmar and backed in to a emptey slipand wacked the dock. I used epoxey to fab a new post, but dont thinkits the answer. Any one else have a idea?

 

[Tom]

Thanks

Jay, the part you describe is correct, and your fix sounds like the best, but what I have done is to take aluminum bar stock and thru screw it to the top plastic and whats left of the square plastic supports for the levers. I will try it out this weekend, it has to be stronger than the original plastic. I am amazed it lasted as long as it has, I have an '85 H285.Tom

 

[Brett]

Made similar repair to mine

Ours broke when trying to back inot our new home slip on the maiden voyage of our new to us 78 H30. We made an interesting sight doing a donut in reverse to come around to the dock again.At my job, I was doing a lot of work with a local machine shop. Took the part in and they made a repair similar to what Tom has stated. It's been that way for 9 years now, and still works fine.