Faulty cable steering
Submitted by ctan1968 on Sun, 2013-10-27 20:24
A bit of a boating mishap today with a snapping noise heard then no control of the outboard. The steering wheel has now got unlimited travel. The outboard can be moved by hand left and right and the steering arm rod moves with the outboard.
When the outboard is manually moved, there is no movement at the wheel.
The outboard is a 100HP Yammy 4 stroke with cable steering.
Sounds to me like a broken cable but cannot tell where it is. In either case, I presume a new one is in order.
Thank you
randall df223
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Speaking from experience,
Speaking from experience, yep. If you can afford it seriosly consider hydraulic steering. Had my boat two and a half years and about to replace the cable steeting for the third time. Can feel it binding at one end of the steering lock.... hydraulic steering next major purchase for my boat.
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Rob H
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yep put the money into
yep put the money into hydraulic instead. Cable is even a downgrade on the older pulley type, at least you can service and bodge up pulleys to get home
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