And here is why I need to replace the cable. That brown looking thing is the interior cable that has busted out of its exterior cable due to use, abuse and just plain age.
The nut screws onto the helm/steering box, the nut holds the cable housing into this box. You slide the ringed cable into the steering box, turn
the steering wheel and that action feeds the cable into the bottom hole of the steering head and out of the top hole, tighten that big nut and that...
It's a rotary helm but it has a large nut that screws the cable into the steering head. I see the ones online just slide in and lock on with a set screw so im going to assume that I will need to replace all of that. Its that all joint end at the motor that has me stumped. If I could just find...
The boat is a 1971 ouachita 14 ft. Engine is 1974 evinrude 40 horse. I have a broken steering cable. It is the standard cable at the steering wheel but the motor end has a threaded end and a screw on adaptor that ends with a threaded stud and nut at a 90 degree angle that attaches to the engine...
