Chuck, Agree with all you said. On Touche' there was a nut on the cable side opposite the tensioning and lock nut when I disassembled the system. I put it back but really wondered what purpose it served. Guess someone thought it important.
Thanks for the response. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 1:01 PM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Dennis, > > As long as you have two nuts on the tensioning side, you’re good to go. > > Putting a nut on the “cable” side of the threaded take up eye or swaged > rod simply prevents you from adding tension when you adjust the cable with > the adjusting nut. If your lock nut is outboard of the tensioning nut > where it is supposed to be, it prevents the tension nut (and associated > cable assembly) from getting loose until you loosen the lock nut. Why > would you want a nut placed on the side of the quadrant or radial that > would keep the cable from getting tighter? When a cable is under tension, > it naturally wants to get looser, and the lock nut outboard of the > tensioning nut prevents that. > > Chuck Gilchrest > > S/V Half Magic > > > > > > *From:* CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> *On Behalf Of *Dennis C. > via CnC-List > *Sent:* Friday, May 10, 2019 1:48 PM > *To:* CnClist <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Stus-List Steering cable questions for Chuck > > > > Chuck, > > > > Why does Edson not want a nut opposite the tensioning and lock nuts. Just > because it is redundant and serves no purpose? > > > > Is a tensioning stud bad? Is an adjusting eye better? > > > > Dennis C. > > Touche' 35-1 #83 > > Mandeville, LA > > > > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 10:17 AM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Per Edson’s instructions, both nuts go on the “bitter end” of the cable. > One is to tension the cable, the other is a locking nut to prevent the > other nut from coming loose. > > FWIW, if you’re dealing with a swaged threaded rod on the end of the cable > and chain, you’re using a 38 year old steering component that is > recommended to be changed every 10 years. So cut the cable, remove the > threaded rod from the radial drive, get a new chain/cable set up with take > up eyes and rope clamps and be happy the old one never failed! > Chuck Gilchrest > > 1983 Landfall 35 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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