RE:Steering Cable
Submitted by tommytomato on Thu, 2009-02-26 08:34
Just last week my steering cable gave up the ghost were it is now stuck tight and creased up good
Pride Fibreglass hull - Evinrude 50, 1971 72 two stroke, My cable is around 12ft 10 inches or 3900m all most 13 foot
Was told from one place I would need whats written below
Quote:
Ultra-Flex steering kit. Cost 330.00
If you need it fitted you can allow another 200.00 for our services
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Are they for real ? Can I get it any cheaper any were else.
tell you the truth, I don't know alot about it and I don't want to be taken for a runner
I want to order one today some time this is why I'm asking the question
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TT ( karl )
kane
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Doesnt seem to expensive to me
Theyre usually charge around $100 per hour for labour so thats saying its going to take them 2 hours to do the repair, not unreasonable.
Have no idea what the parts should cost but everything marine grade is more expensive than for say parts for a car or caravan etc.
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roberta
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Yes Karl
ours went in Leeman three years ago, luckily we had mate (poor bugger came up to go fishing) staying and bob went to Jurien bought the complete steering, think from memory $200 and his mate fitted it, took about two hours then they went fishing.
Have to agree Kane everthing marked with marine or boody vet bills cost a fortune.
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carnarvonite
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Steering cable
Have one up here,its yours if you want it,all you need is to get it down to Perth.It had about 6 months use before I took it out and replaced it with hydraulic.The only thing missing is the wheel and yours should fit.Cable is just over 12 feet
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Were abouts are you
Were abouts are you carnarvonite
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7739ian
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It's never cheap
just had a little circlip fitted to my Evinrude 35 hp - only run 30 minutes from a full service - fitting the $1 circlip cost me $75
tommytomato
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WOW, Couldn't you fit it
WOW,
Couldn't you fit it your self, I would of found away to do it my self.
unless it was a major job.
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7739ian
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No
fat fingures and no circlip pliers - i spent an hour trying so i guess if you can't do something yourself the price was what it was worth.
fishyink
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my steering seeze up pretty
my steering seeze up pretty bad got 2 pairs of stilsons on to it me an m8 twisted in opisite directions took alot of effort to get them just slightly loose, kept turning the iner shaft and the outer housing in opisite directions about 50 times and it was free as a whistle, ree greased with some graphite free grease, and sanded the burs down on the shaft and it was all sorted.
carnarvonite
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Location
Live in Carnarvon.I will check if its still moves freely,its been under my bus for 18 months,but should still be ok,if not it won't take much to do it for you.
Andy
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steering system
There is nothing over the top in that quote. Im a marine mechanic and $300-$350 for the kit and 2 hours to do the job sounds on the money.
jersey
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Where do you live
I m in Woodvale Northern suburbs,and I can come and give you a hand,I have done a couple of those ,also,the boating place Access Boats was fitting new Hydro steering to new boats and were selling the old (new) replaced ones for $100.00 a few months ago as I got one for a mate,I will pm you my phone number jersey
Boppo
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benny bopster $270 it
benny bopster $270 it cost me to have a new steering cable fitted into my 5.2 m savage. Gotta be a pretty slow worker to stretch it out over two hours if they are professional. Some of the 'big' boating places charge through the nose for little jobs like that and only use apprentices who quite often bugger it up