Installing NFB Steering Helm
 

Hey guys,

I'm to the point where I've removed the old hydraulic steering and have run the new steering cable through the gunwale. *

As I was getting ready to install the bezel and the helm, I noticed that the existing hole from the previous helm is too big for the new one. *I have to make the hole smaller. *What should I do? *I know one option would be to glass in the hole with plywood, but would that be smart? *All of the stress from the new helm would be placed right within the patch area. *Should I consider glassing along with a piece of aluminum going across that whole face of that section where the steering wheel goes? *

Here's the hole as it exists now:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...g/100_1303.jpg

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Grace, Hmmm - thats a tough one. An easy solution hasnt come to me yet - maybe someone else will figure it out. The way I see it - you would have to pull the whole dash console off. I would make a round disc of wood that is a tight fit to the existing hole. Then I would securely attach that to a backer plate. Then, the backer plate could be securely fastened to the inside of the dash console. Lag screws, epoxy and glass, etc for the secure fastening. Good luck.

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Can you just use a thick piece of starboard ???

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Hammer has the answer

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Thanks guys!!! Starboard it is--easy enough...

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BGO, here's another possibily. Teleflex has excellent customer sercive. I'd bet if you call and ask that they have an adapter of some sort that will make your installation a bolt in. Probably even cheaper than Starboard and might look pretty slick.

Airslot

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If Teleflex doesn't come through, how about a nice piece of round teak bigger than the hole???


something like this;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sMako23006.jpg

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3/4 Starboard will be more then anough and will last 10 lifetimes!!

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bygrace i've got what you need will get pics tomorrow. it's a steering adapter for your app. send a pic of the steering to my email of your steering pump you took out and a pic of the new steering box i'll see which adapter you need have a box of new ones.

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Thanks Skools!!! I'll send the pics tomorrow.