13-Footer: Remote Control Cable: Loop or No Loop
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:55 am
Hello everyone. In the process of restoring my [1969--please use four-digits for year] 13 STANDARD to a SUPER SPORT, I do not have original [remote control mechanical] cables.
Everything that I have read on the forum state that most people are using 8-foot-long throttle and shift cables. Most--if not all--of the pictures that I have seen of other 13-foot boats appear to [use 8-foot cables] which just work their way to the transom and into the motor as shown in [the red line in] the diagram below:
Teleflex and others suggest a loop in front of the motor holding to about an 8-inch-radius (called a service loop) in order to have a straight path into the motor. See the red line in the drawing below:
It takes a shade over 4-feet to accommodate this loop.
I would like to know other's thoughts on [the use of a loop in the remote control cables to an outboard engine]. I've attached a few [diagrams] of each routing.
Should I buy an 8-foot set of cable or an 11 to 12-foot set of cables?
Everything that I have read on the forum state that most people are using 8-foot-long throttle and shift cables. Most--if not all--of the pictures that I have seen of other 13-foot boats appear to [use 8-foot cables] which just work their way to the transom and into the motor as shown in [the red line in] the diagram below:
Teleflex and others suggest a loop in front of the motor holding to about an 8-inch-radius (called a service loop) in order to have a straight path into the motor. See the red line in the drawing below:
It takes a shade over 4-feet to accommodate this loop.
I would like to know other's thoughts on [the use of a loop in the remote control cables to an outboard engine]. I've attached a few [diagrams] of each routing.
Should I buy an 8-foot set of cable or an 11 to 12-foot set of cables?