sheboyganjohn
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Aug 2, 2005
- Messages
- 753
I was working inside the Sea Ray, went to get out, grabbed the wheel and noticed it did not move. Upon investigation found one of the steering cables (has twin 140's MC-1 drives) has a damaged jacket and the inside is rusting. Guess I should not have left them lay out for the two years I have been working on the boat. Anyhow, I was going to just replace the cable but it appears no one makes replacements for a 1973 dual rack system. Next thought was put new steering in the boat which brought up another issue. This boat has two steering cables, different lengths, one going to each drive. The new systems are all one cable going to one motor and using a tie bar that is "supplied by the engine mfg". So now I am stuck on what to do next. I think I can remove the bad cable and the other one will work. But then I need a tie bar between the two engines. Before I reinvent the wheel, anyone have some ideas on a bolt on solution, or have made something I could pattern off of.? Would a modern Mercruiser 3.0 dual drive system tie bar work? I know I am going to need to spend some money on this, but I really don't want to venture into dual hydraulic money.