Makes sense. Thanks. Dennis C.
On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 1:09 PM Chuck Gilchrest via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I neglected to answer the second question: > > These days, take up eyes are simply easier to install in the system. If > you have swaged threaded rod on the end of the cables, it can be a bear to > thread down through the idler and turning sheaves around and through the > holes on a quadrant or radial, whereas using take up eyes makes for a much > easier threading of the steering cables through the sheaves and around the > quadrant. The take up eyes can be pre-installed on the radial or quadrant > and much of the initial tension can be pre-tensioned with rope clamps, > adjusting the final length of the steering cable. > > Also, a swaged rod can be subject to crevice corrosion where the cable end > is installed into the threaded rod fitting, similar to a lifeline. Hard to > see the corrosion when it is covered. > > Chuck Gilchrest > > S/V Half Magic > > 1983 35 Landfall > > Padanaram, MA > > > > *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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