Need help with steering cable.

[needin some help]

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 midway. I need this cable or adaptor or what ever. What is it called or part number or any info yall can give . Thanks

 

[nola mike]

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 midway. I need this cable or adaptor or what ever. What is it called or part number or any info yall can give . Thanks

Picture?

 

[Scott Danforth]

you will need to get a complete helm and cable kit as most likely any cable style from today will not match up to the 55 year old parts you have.

you will need to pull the old cable to measure .

do you have a rack or rotary helm?

 

[redneck joe]

scott is most likely correct, either way pics of under the helm and at motor will help a bunch.


Welcome to the forum.

 

[needin some help]

Here are the pictures, if more are needed let me know. 8 ft cable will fit.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Look under your helm. Take a pic of that. We can zoom in on pics, not zoom out

 

[redneck joe]

so that ball connection is prob still around if I was to guess. Prob a standard connection to a ball joint? Believe they are still used in various applications.


the coils on the cable look just like once from my 82 starcraft.

 

[needin some help]

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 that old cable I'd be ecstatic.

 

[redneck joe]

lots of ball joints avail in my google search for ball connector for steering cable.

MORSE CABLE BALL JOINT - Store - RSRacecraft

18-8 Stainless Steel Morse Cable Ball Joint Quick Connect Available in : 5/16-24 1/4-28 Also Available in: M6 M8 5/16-24 Fits All Standard RSR Steering Cables 1/4-28 Fits RSR Trim or Reverse Cables

rsracecraft.com

 

[redneck joe]

and still get us a pic from under the helm


Does the nut actually screw the cable in or? When i was redoing mine i cant remember exactly what but i seem to recall that i was trying to pull out and would not budge. After an hour or so of stupidity i just turned the wheel and it fed itself out so reverse that when putting back in. Since yours is broken you may not have had the motor move while removing.

Try putting it back in to ensure what needs to happen?

 

[redneck joe]

so looking at the ball joint moving away from motor you have a solid metal piece that is threaded onto the ball joint. Farther away is what?

 

[jimmbo]

That looks like an old Teleflex Steering Cable. I know that these Days other Brands use that same Design, but in the 70s

 

[needin some help]

This shows the transom mount.

 

[needin some help]

and still get us a pic from under the helm


Does the nut actually screw the cable in or? When i was redoing mine i cant remember exactly what but i seem to recall that i was trying to pull out and would not budge. After an hour or so of stupidity i just turned the wheel and it fed itself out so reverse that when putting back in. Since yours is broken you may not have had the motor move while removing.

Try putting it back in to ensure what needs to happen?

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 holds the whole cable assembly onto the steering head. The cable itself is rusted through and that ringed cable that is housed inside the cable housing just pushes out. I'm heading out to get more pictures and will post them soon.

 

[needin some help]

and still get us a pic from under the helm


Does the nut actually screw the cable in or? When i was redoing mine i cant remember exactly what but i seem to recall that i was trying to pull out and would not budge. After an hour or so of stupidity i just turned the wheel and it fed itself out so reverse that when putting back in. Since yours is broken you may not have had the motor move while removing.

Try putting it back in to ensure what needs to happen?

Here is the steering head.

 

[needin some help]

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.

 

[needin some help]

lots of ball joints avail in my google search for ball connector for steering cable.

MORSE CABLE BALL JOINT - Store - RSRacecraft

18-8 Stainless Steel Morse Cable Ball Joint Quick Connect Available in : 5/16-24 1/4-28 Also Available in: M6 M8 5/16-24 Fits All Standard RSR Steering Cables 1/4-28 Fits RSR Trim or Reverse Cables

rsracecraft.com

Thanks for the link. The part I have is still good, it's the cable that I need.

 

[needin some help]

I believe I could install a rack and pinion steering assembly with some modifications, luckily I'm a mechinical engineer =) .

 

[jimmbo]

I just looked on Amazon, for 'Replacement Steering Cable for Teleflex Rotary Steering', and many options appeared

 

[Scott Danforth]

A new rotary NFB helm kit with a new clamp mount from U-flex or Seastar is what I would get