steering cable

[oteps]

My boat is a dual console. Most of you guys have cuddy cabins. Not sure of the cable length on those.

[bradford]

17 sounds familiar, the NFB helm is worth it.

[jvitiel]

I have a 1989 cuddy with an outboard. I replaced my old system last year with a Teleflex NFB (p/n SS14716) which has a 16' cable. The NFB steering head is larger than the old one so it was a pain to install in the console but it was doable without cutting anything. The splashwell had to be cut to swap the cables but the cut was small enough that I was able to cover it by repositioning the rubber booty that the cables pass through. I like the NFB and am glad I swapped out the entire system rather than just replacing the cable on the old system.

[steplift20]

I have a existing nfb helm so I didn't have to change it just hooked up the new cable to it and I think it's a 17 foot cable hope that helps

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by bradford

17 sounds familiar, the NFB helm is worth it.

I agree with Bradford on both

[bgreene]

After steering cable broke while fishing on the ocean I switched to hydraulic and after a couple years so far no issues.
Was not thrilled to sink the $ into it but that experience was it.
Seems cable a bit more risky with the torque of larger outboards .

[Genie Aye]

Personally after years of boats and replacing cables every 4 to 5 yrs, i finally stepped up and bought hydraulic steering, i got the Marel brand from japan, first reason is they use bearings in the pump(helm) and second was it cost less. I will never have a cable steer agian!

[Dschaffer]

Originally Posted by Genie Aye

Personally after years of boats and replacing cables every 4 to 5 yrs, i finally stepped up and bought hydraulic steering, i got the Marel brand from japan, first reason is they use bearings in the pump(helm) and second was it cost less. I will never have a cable steer agian!

Could you post a link to what you bought? The steering and shift cables on my boat are awful. I just got off the water for the first trip of the season and the boat would not shift out of reverse. The steering was like very difficult as well. Good thing I have a new kicker motor!
Mine is an I/O so I’ll probably need a different kit.