1965 Starcraft Dart restomod

[DLNorth]

MT,

That's the old style way of mounting the steering, and yes, our green SC has the same as yours.
But the "new" style attaches the steering cable to/in the tilt tube on the motor, as shown in the pic WM posted, and then there is a short connecting link between the two.

I suspect one reason they went to this is less interference between the cable/arm and splash well when fully tilted up.
(ours rubbed at one time)
The other is there is no extra bracket needed that mounts to the boat, ie; lower setup expense.

Dan

 

[Watermann]

Yeah the clamp on the transom is something to move away from if you have the tilt tube on the motor, it's by far a better set up and is still used to this day for the steering on new motors. I've not had a boat with an OB motor with the clamp set up, they've all been the current standard tilt tube set up.

 

[MTboatguy]

I have never had any problem with my boats and I have never had the tilt tube set up on any of them, but if it is a better system for most, then go with it, I have a tendency to not change things that are not broke and mine work just fine. If I have problems in the future, I will take a look at the newer system.

That said, I will stick with my statement, with either system, you should not have to be creative to make them work.

 

[BCaron94]

I appreciate the info on both ways it can be done. I’m going to use the tilt tube since I don’t have the clamp. It’ll all have to come apart shortly anyway since I’d like to replace the 2x material the PO used for a transom with some plywood, as well as seal some holes in the transom also from said PO.

 

[Watermann]

Dimensional lumber transom, oh boy, some people :lol:

They continued not knowing what they were doing and used a bunch of steel fasteners as well.

 

[BCaron94]

Dimensional lumber transom, oh boy, some people :lol:

They continued not knowing what they were doing and used a bunch of steel fasteners as well.

Right?! That was the first thing I noticed! The amount of holes in the thing is what’s killing me. I’m really debating riveting a thin sheet of aluminum just smaller than the outside measurements of the hull with a nice layer of 5200 on it.