Suitable helm replacement?? - Page 4

macojoe · #31 12-23-2008, 09:38 PM

Thats a great deal with wheelm and all!!

phatdaddy · #32 12-23-2008, 11:55 PM

gofish, is that the v that was on colorado ave in lynn haven, down the street from the yellow one. your wife worked at the school with mine? welcome aboard... before you order, at least call jimmy at boat works and get a price on the nfb. its been a couple of years, but i think i got mine for less than 200. if not i have a port supply acct i' can get a price. its usually not very much but you never know.

gofish · #33 12-24-2008, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by phatdaddy

gofish, is that the v that was on colorado ave in lynn haven, down the street from the yellow one. your wife worked at the school with mine? welcome aboard... before you order, at least call jimmy at boat works and get a price on the nfb. its been a couple of years, but i think i got mine for less than 200. if not i have a port supply acct i' can get a price. its usually not very much but you never know.

That would be the one. The house on Colorado was actually my dive buddy's house (doesn't live there anymore). Me, him, and another buddy originally went in together and bought the V, and then a year later he decided to buy a Wellcraft 230 Sportsman, so I ended up buying him and the other guy out of the V. (His 230 is out of commission right now as well, he bought it in Destin without a trailer and borrowed a trailer to haul it home. We used it a few times and then he had to get the trailer back to the person he borrowed it from, so it's up on blocks right now)

I haven't called boat works to see what their price is yet, I will definitely do that before I order anything. Gotta at least give the local guy a shot to come close to, or match, the deal on boatstoreusa.com for the Teleflex NFB helm and cable (and free steering wheel, which I don't really care too much about, I kind of like my rubber-gripped wheel.)
I'll let you know what he quotes me.

randlemanboater · #34 12-26-2008, 10:48 AM

Keep in mind that your old steering cable may have been binding up, giving you a "NFB" feel to your steering. Either that or you already have NFB.

All the non-NFB systems I've ever used, you had to keep a grip on the wheel or do doughnuts.....(mmm, doughnuts) while up on plane.

macojoe · #35 12-26-2008, 02:24 PM

thats cause you never adjusted the zinc above the prop.

gofish · #36 01-09-2009, 10:36 PM

Just got finished replacing my helm and cable. Wasn't too bad at all. I was a little worried about unbolting/moving the motor but that went just fine. My buddy has a boom (crane) truck for his outdoor advertising business so we used that instead of an engine hoist. I can't really comment on how it would be w/ no hoist/lift, but just a board under the skeg. I would say if you're going to do that you would want to have three people present.
Thanks to all for the great advice, now I just have to wait for the wind to calm down some and it will be back to grouper slaying for the ole v20.

macojoe · #37 01-09-2009, 10:54 PM

gofish · #38 01-10-2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by macojoe

Sorry MJ we were up against the clock (wives) to get the install done. Didn't really want to fool around with a camera when my hands were covered in grease either.
Basically I did an exact replacement of what I had before. Uflex ROTECH system. It ended up costing $135 shipped from boatstoreusa.com. It came w/ a new steering wheel as well, but I chose to use my old wheel.
I am planning on adding a grease buddy nut to it soon, maybe I'll get some pics of that.

phatdaddy · #39 01-10-2009, 08:30 AM

starting mine in a couple of hours, at least it's good weather to work on boats & not good enough to go out in them:) see ya at the ramp.

steplift20 · #40 01-10-2009, 06:57 PM

pull on the steering wheel and tap the center with a hammer as you pull on it , its a 2 man job, it will come off