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
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> *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
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