[C38] Edson binnacle clutch shaft

[Max soto]

Don, 
The pedestal on Discreet Charm was made by  Yacht Specialties, which was acquired by Edson in the early 80's. You should check on their website if the new Edson controls are compatible.. 
Hopefully, the diameter and bolt pattern will be the same and they will be compatible...
In the attached pic you'll see the Edson plastic cable holder, which is the main difference.. It is bolted a few inches below the wheel saft, instead of the brass cable holder that you should have for each control... If I'm not mistaken! 


Pierre, of course it can be rebuilt.. If you have the original Edson controls, they should look like 
The one on the pic, except for the levers, which I replaced a while ago..
Note that there is a locking bolt on both sides. If you remove it, there shouldn't be any problem to remove the shafts... 
They have bearings,  that because of the friction they will start developing some play over the years, so they should be easy move instead of being hard.... 
Grease them!

Max Soto A.
+506-8312-1367
Alajuela, Costa Rica

> On Apr 14, 2015, at 07:47, Don Strong <drstrong at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> 
> Pierre: Thanks for pointing this out. The fuel and shift levers on the ancient Edson pedestal of Discreet Charm are horribly difficult.
> The replacement rig that is in the image is here (http://www.edsonmarine.com/marinestore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1084).
> It is $408 from Edson. I might spring for this upgrade, but will spend a day taking the old one apart again, and measuring.
> Don
> 
>> On 4/13/15 11:34 PM, Pierre Patino wrote:
>> Hello All
>> 
>> We managed to shear the screw connecting the shift lever to the shaft that pulls the transmission cable. After taking the the top part of the binnacle apart and disconnecting the cable I discovered that there is a LOT of friction just on the shaft. Lacking tools and time I decided to do some more research.
>> Has anybody tackled this? Is there a way to rebuild the transmission shaft assembly? I could not see any obvious way to take it apart. There is a kit ( http://images.jamestowndistributors.com/woeimages/marinesupplies/large/51294.jpg ) available that would seem to solve the problem but it contains more bits than immediately necessary.
>> 
>> Thanks to all for your time.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> 
>> 
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