Steering cable over travel

[ab2376]

I'm installing brand new steering cable on my old Mercury 200 29 hp. I'm having trouble with what I call over travel for lack of a better term. It's not seized or anything, slides smooth as silk but when i turn the wheel to the right the steering shaft at the end of the cable comes out of the tilt tube. It won't go back in with the wheel, but I can easily get it back in by hand. Also turning to the left all the way to the lock doesn't turn the motor fully...I've reinstalled at the helm several times in just baffled...any ideas?

 

[ab2376]

20 hp*

 

[ab2376]

I'm wondering if I have the wrong link arm?? I feel like if it was longer the motor might hit the stop before cable comes out...and wouldn't thalso make the motor turn more the other direction?

 

[GA_Boater]

Rack and pinion or rotary helm? Do you know the brand and model of the helm?

 

[ab2376]

It's a rotary helm made by sea star... one of the "safe-T QC rotary helm

 

[GA_Boater]

Here are the installation instructions. http://www.seastarsolutions.com/wp-...afeT-Tilt-SH91523SH91524-Rev.2-IS-SH91545.pdf

Page 5, figure 5 shows how the wheel should be placed prior to inserting the cable. I'm thinking the cable isn't centered causing the overly long and short stroke at the motor.

 

[ab2376]

Yeah I have those here and that's the way I had the wheel positioned all the times I did it...I have to be doing something wrong lol it seems so simple

 

[ab2376]

I just re-did it all again and the same thing...I can't figure it out. I did everything exactly like the instructions and same...I'm beginning to think I've got a problem somewhere other than the cable. This project is a LONG story haha

 

[ab2376]

I learn new stuff every day lol...I think my problem might be that when the motor was switched to tiller, that they changed the tilt tube to a stock one of which I've learned won't work with steering cables...so I think I need to switch tilt tubes now I'm assuming a "steering" tilt tube is longer? So that would cure my problem???