[Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering

[Gordon Laco]

Thank you Larry

I've started the job; I reckon the worst of it will be the very tight access    

I'll report later.  

I won't be able to work on it this weekend; the USN has invited the RCN to a mess dinner commemorating the establishment of their service during their revolt.  A posse of we Canadian officers are heading down   Its a fair honour and I'm looking forward to it.    I'm struggling for something witty to say about the event but am not coming up with anything. 

Gord #426 Surprise 

On 2013-10-02, at 8:09 PM, Lawrence Morris <morris.lc at verizon.net> wrote:

> I replace cables on my Rhodes bounty II a few years back because I broke a cable.  I took the one good cable to the rig shop for replacements.  Went back to the boat to install and discovered that there was a 6" difference in length from port to starboard.  You guess it, back to the rigging shop( a 3hr round trip) for a third cable of the correct length.  Lesson: measure both side twice and fabricate once.  I used a piece of string, strung along the path of the cable to get this dimension.
> 
> While you are at it, check the cheek block sheeve pins.  Mine were worn 75% through.  They are bronze rod of a standard size and are easy to replace once you remove the cheek block(hard to do).  FYI the steering gear was a Edson from the same time period.
> 
> If you have any questions you can call me.  I am in the association directory.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Larry 
> Solstice 501
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>> On Oct 2, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello friends,
>> 
>> Surprise is fitted with factory-installed American Edson wheel steering.
>> 
>> Earlier this summer I felt a strange tug on the helm during a violent
>> maneuver in heavy air.  I¹ve noticed since that the steering seemed rather
>> slack, particularly when turning to port.
>> 
>> With the 2013 Misery Trip coming up, I reckoned I¹d better have a look at
>> the quadrant to see if I could figure out what was wrong; I was hoping today
>> that all I needed to do was tighten up the cables.
>> 
>> If you heard cursing coming from Midland, Ontario, well that was me.  One of
>> the steering cables has broken six of the seven strands.  That¹s what I felt
>> and that¹s why the steering is slack.  I have to replace the cables.
>> 
>> I am sure I can figure out how to do this, but would appreciate the benefit
>> of advice from any of you who have been through this ordeal.  I was pretty
>> depressed to see what I saw; but as I told my wife just now, those cables
>> are probably nearly fifty years old.  I should have planned on replacing
>> them anyway.  Well, now I have to do it.
>> 
>> Standing by for comments, cruel jokes, funny stories....
>> 
>> Gord #426 Surprise
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