steering cable

[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.