New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

[BigB9000]

Ok, heres the boat, a 65 16' winner. engine is a 1991 20 hp Long shaft johnson

I got the hole and rot all patched and sealed up:

Next on the to do list is steering, it currentley uses the cable & pulley system.

So the engine is a tiller setup. I went to my local boat dealership today to order a single cable teleflex no feedback steering system with the cable throughn tile tube set up, however i learned i cannot do that:

Tiller motors dont have the hole in the tile tube to allow that.

So I guess these are my options:

http://www.iboats.com/mall/image/products/teleflex/splashwell_and_transom.jpg[img]

or

[img]http://www.iboats.com/mall/image/products/teleflex/splashwell_and_transom.jpg

 

[BigB9000]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

where would i get thoes brackets to allow for that? which is better than the other?

and is there a more wallet friendly way of doing this? I Would like to spend less than $300 on my needed steering system. even if its an el cheapo rotary system with feedback ill be happy, i just need a way to steer it,

other isue:

will I need a high jack plate? If so, how eill that work out with my needed steering system?

 

[BigB9000]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

and how does the rotary system work/attach?

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

i'm running two with cable-pulley and love it. he's a post.
http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=240556

 

[oops!]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

big b.....

cable pully...cheap....works......

i hated mine.....but that was before i found i boats...mabe i coulda fixed it right......

td has had really good sucess with his.......cable wraps around the sterring wheel pully...then via a pully system....cheap...to the motor....no more than a hunderd bucks.......

but there is another experimental idea.......here

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=233130

cheers....
oops

 

[oops!]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

man that td's quick....he replied when i was lookin for the experimental thread

 

[BigB9000]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

The origional steering needs a new hub, cables, pulleys and springs before it might work again.

I dont know if i want to try to hunt down 1960's parts

 

[10 FOOT INVADER]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

I will take the cable and pully steering on my invader over the power steering on my 20 footer any day.

 

[BigB9000]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

what about something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Tele...021QQitemZ310034827940QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

It looks like in the pic it comes with the transom bracket

 

[BigB9000]

In that pic, how does the cable attach to the outboard?
how does the cable attach to the transom?

Is this complete kit really 'complete' as nothing really explains how its installed, or what else is needed, or even how it attaches.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

the teleflex system comes with the steering wheel. none of them come with the transom clamp, or the connection for the motor. you have to order them separately.

http://www.iboats.com/mall/image/products/teleflex/splashwell_and_transom.jpg

also google teleflex.com then instructions.

 

[i386]

Re: New steering system, thoughts, advice and experence please

Something like this?...

They fit under your clamps and then you can use rotary or r&p.

trmarine.com