"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