Jim wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
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D.Duck wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
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On Chuck's site someone mentions two wire mechanical push pull
steering systems used by Parker boats. I am curious. Could anyone
post a link to such a steering system. I know in the olden days that
OMC used that type of system for a while but I was unaware that
anyone is using it today.

Mine is not a Parker but a Lund. It uses Teleflex hydraulic steering
that is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever.

I just can't imagine a boat with today's high horse power motors
using the old cable system.

It's not "the old cable system." It's Teleflex's "No Feedback System,"
which has a single push/pull cable coming out of the helm. It is in
common use on many outboard boats.

You can find the details on the teleflex site. There are several such
non-hydraulic systems there, including this one:

http://www.teleflexmarine.com/cgi-bi...s&product=1084

Here is what the unnamed poster on Chuck's site posted. I think you can
see why I was curious as to what the poor uninformed person was talking
about. Thank you for confirming that this person is full of poo. Quote
follows-

No, it isn't cable and pulley. On a non-hydraulic system, there are two
relatively heavy steel wires inside a lubed synthetic cable. Operates as
push pull, I believe. The prop torque didn't bother me a lot, but my
wife, who is a lot smaller and lighter than I am, could not turn the
boat to port at planing speeds. She had no problems steering the much
larger Parker 25, which had hydraulic steering.

The new unit I had installed is the same unit Parker uses in its
production line for single engine hydraulic steering.

I remember the cable and pulley systems well. That's what there was when
I was growing up in small boats



Oh. I erred. There's only one steel wire inside a cable, working as push
pull. BFD.

So this is your game now? Making snotty comments about posts in other
places?

Loser, thy name is Florida Jim or whatever you are calling yourself here
these days.