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rope steering cable
dogffish	#1  Posted on 07/07/08 - 6:13 AM
Member Posts: 2 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/07/08	I need to repair my rope/pully cable on my older 13ft side console. How much do I need? 8 ft? Also, any links with repair help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Binkie	#2  Posted on 07/07/08 - 1:24 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	I bought 25 ft. to be sure I had enough cable. It is very cheap. I can`t remember how much I had left, maybe 6-10 ft. rich
Binkie	#3  Posted on 07/07/08 - 1:54 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	I bought 25 ft. to be sure I had enough cable. It is very cheap. I can`t remember how much I had left, maybe 6-10 ft. rich
BAY2SAV	#4  Posted on 07/08/08 - 9:33 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 93 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/24/07	I just did mine and got about 25 feet also. It was more than enough but made respooling the drum and mounting the helm that much easier. There are two different lenghts that come off the drum - trying to calculate the proper lenghts can be a pain. By having the excess, you can just worry about the respooling (which is an adventure all in itself) and trim the extra away when your satisfied with the tension of the final hook-up. Denny 1972 13' Sport Smirked Hull and Blue Interior Nissan 25hp 4-stroke
dogffish	#5  Posted on 07/09/08 - 8:49 AM
Member Posts: 2 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/07/08	Thanks guys, I got 30 ft to be safe and I had a couple feet left over. Cable was cheap, about 8 bucks. Went pretty smooth after I got it turning in the right direction.