Ozark
Jet Boat Lover
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- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2021
- Boat Model
- 195S
- Boat Length
- 19
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Cover them with the Wax. If they do go bad, other members here have indicated that steering cables are sold out everywhere. An ounce of prevention goes a long way.Thanks guys. Its amazing how easy something is once you know what needs to happen. Once I gave it a nudge with some pliers it popped right back on. I could definitely see how these cables could seize up if it sat for a while with water in the linkage.
I have yamalube grease and have been lubing them with it. Is the toilet wax a better option?Cover them with the Wax. If they do go bad, other members here have indicated that steering cables are sold out everywhere. An ounce of prevention goes a long way.
I just apply the Yamalube then work the linkage back and forth. It’s what the service manual calls for. I’m always open to a better and cheaper way of doing something though. The service manual would never suggest toilet wax even if it would make the cables last 100 years lol. I also found a post on rigging up a lubing kit to lube the cables entire length. I’m planning on doing that yearly as well.How have you been lubing them just on the outside?
Coating them with Wax, which recommended by @Cobra Jet Steering LLC , and I slap a thick coat on it works really well. Everyone has their own thing. I know I don't want to go through that again on my boat which wasn't even 1 year old this last April again and start losing out on boating time. Some never have a problem.
What happened to mine is water got up in there and corroded/rusted and there was no way to get them going again. I tried for several days everything we could think of.
I did rig up that to lubricate after the issue started, it is a bit of a PITA. It hooks up to my air compressor. My thread with the build is around here somewhere.I just apply the Yamalube then work the linkage back and forth. It’s what the service manual calls for. I’m always open to a better and cheaper way of doing something though. The service manual would never suggest toilet wax even if it would make the cables last 100 years lol. I also found a post on rigging up a lubing kit to lube the cables entire length. I’m planning on doing that yearly as well.