[C38] Throttle cable and rudder cable

[Patrick Harpole]

Max,
The shift lever was loose and would not change gears.  I removed the compass to find the cable attached to the metal sleeve on the shifter arm separated from the metal sleeve.  I can see the cable and wonder if I should put it down (from inside the boat) or try to pull it up.

I called a local chanderly and they can make a new one.  They want the old one to determine length.

Patrick
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Max Soto 
  To: Catalina 38 Listserve 
  Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 9:29 PM
  Subject: Re: [C38] Throttle cable and rudder cable


  Hey Patrick,


  What broke at the pedestal???? and were are you pulling it from?? 


  What you see attached to the steering quadrant (donut shaped device!) is not a single wire, are two 36" lenghts of wire attached to a 24" lenght of chain that goes up and down the steering wheel shaft, were a pinion is located to pull the chain and move the rudder, if something broke, you have several options, like wire, chain, the small hackles that attaches the chain to the wire, etc...




  Also, the sheave base under the pedestal, inside the engine room, broke in pieces and left Phil (if I remember correctly) without steering...    So check it all around..




  If the cable is loose enough, you might be able to put it back on the groove, just be careful.  
  This link might help:
  http://www.edsonmarine.com/support/PDFs/planning/EB381SteeringGuide.pdf


  Hope this helps!
  Max


  2011/10/31 Patrick Harpole <1derful at comcast.net>

    Mine broke at the pedestal....right after the metal sleeve.  I try to pull it out but it doesn't want to come out.  Shall I just pull harder.

    I also had the good fortune of loosing control of rudder.  I looked and found the cable that is supposed to wrap around donut-shaped device with grooves in it does not have the cable in the grooves.  Is it OK to put a screw driver under cable and have someone turn wheel.  I hope this would snap it back into track on donut.. 

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  Max Soto
  C38 #198 ESTANCIA
  Puntarenas, Costa Rica



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