Fortunately, on my boat, the quadrant is very open and accessible under a removable panel in the rear cockpit floor. That part should be easy. The only challenge (LOL- famous last words) looks like feeding the cables through the pedestal. Dave
David Knecht Rear Commodore Thames Yacht Club New London, CT > On Aug 12, 2021, at 4:09 PM, John and Maryann Read via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > David > > All good comments here. If your set up similar to mine, the hardest part is > crawling all the way aft under the cockpit floor to undo old cables from > quadrant and then reattaching and adjusting the new. The cables enter the > quadrant on each side then take a hard turn into the rear of the quadrant > crossing the center line. That turn is frequently a cable failure point. > Mine had several broken strands at that point. I did mine several years ago > as part of dropping the rudder to remedy some very old post grease that had > hardened making steering very difficult and to rebuild rudder due to water > intrusion. All DIY. Not that difficult in concept but the execution is well > another story. > > > John and Maryann (in memorium) > Legacy III > 1982 C&C 34 > Noank, CT > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
