i've spent the last couple hours searching here and all over the net for an answer, as i hate to bother people with questions that have already been answered, with no success, so here goes.
has anyone swapped the omc cobra setup in a late 80's bayliner for mercruiser? in process right now myself, but having serious steering linkage issues. i was told it was a direct bolt in, hooking the steering rod to the merc linkage, but it is not. i'm using an 898 series outdrive with the inner transom plate with power steering (got motor thru prop setup from one boat). the problem is, the steering cable in boat is not long enough. the large nut at end of cable comes up a couple inches short of the threaded shaft guide. i've already checked and pulled all excess available on cable, nothin doin. do i need to change out the whole steering cable or am i doing something wrong?
has anyone swapped the omc cobra setup in a late 80's bayliner for mercruiser? in process right now myself, but having serious steering linkage issues. i was told it was a direct bolt in, hooking the steering rod to the merc linkage, but it is not. i'm using an 898 series outdrive with the inner transom plate with power steering (got motor thru prop setup from one boat). the problem is, the steering cable in boat is not long enough. the large nut at end of cable comes up a couple inches short of the threaded shaft guide. i've already checked and pulled all excess available on cable, nothin doin. do i need to change out the whole steering cable or am i doing something wrong?
