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After 3 weeks of fixing broke vehicles, finally got a couple days off to work on the boat and got the steering done. It was a bit of a puzzle, but much easier now that I know how.
First off, I had to run both cables to one side instead of opposite directions so the cable wouldn't cut across the cabin. But that required a support for the drum.
What I came up with was an idler pulley inside the drum turning on a roller bearing. All that was counter sunk into a tough old piece of oak, cut to fit. Some more wood and metal work, it was ready to install.
Oh yeah, the "triangle thing with the pullies" that attaches to the motor was made from scrap stock. The guy at the salvage yard wanted $20 for an old rusty one.
Seems to work pretty good. It's one full rotation left and right from dead ahead. Hope to be on the water by the end of the month.
First off, I had to run both cables to one side instead of opposite directions so the cable wouldn't cut across the cabin. But that required a support for the drum.
What I came up with was an idler pulley inside the drum turning on a roller bearing. All that was counter sunk into a tough old piece of oak, cut to fit. Some more wood and metal work, it was ready to install.
Oh yeah, the "triangle thing with the pullies" that attaches to the motor was made from scrap stock. The guy at the salvage yard wanted $20 for an old rusty one.
Seems to work pretty good. It's one full rotation left and right from dead ahead. Hope to be on the water by the end of the month.
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