steering cable question

[keakar]

Originally Posted by Gerald

I suggest you go to the Teleflex web site. They have information on how to measure your boat to get the right length cable.

Double check your measurements. I bought a new cable from them and if it would have been 2 inches longer......I don't think I could have gotten it to fit.

I went to Teleflex and there video is broken but I found a working video for it on youtube.

I measured my plastic sleeve which was 7 1/2 ft so I ordered the 8ft cable but I forgot about adding 2 feet to the measurement.

when you buy a 8ft cable you get a 6 1/22 foot cable with 18" of inner cable that goes into the steering so in reality to measure correctly you measure from the nut to the tip of the end of the cable and not the plastic sleeve.

I ordered a 10 ft cable ($95) and will sell my brand new 8ft one on ebay I guess