BDOne
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 66
- Reaction score
- 191
- Points
- 102
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2012
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
When we had the boat out Monday, my wife told me that the boat seems to want to make a circle when she came off plane to idle. Sure enough, as we arrived at our intended cove and came off plane, the boat wanted to make a turn to port. I had to give it some throttle and steer hard to starboard to make it straighten out.
After we got it tied up, I hopped in to check out what was going on. I expected there to be something dragging on the port side jet. Instead what I found was the steering cable on the starboard jet had broken.
![20200630_110756.jpg 20200630_110756.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/124/124649-372504a514bae6610c479d24cbb81470.jpg?hash=NyUEpRS65m)
So yesterday I got the Teleflex part numbers off the cable and started searching for a replacement. We are at the lake through the weekend, so I really hoped to get a replacement ASAP. The best I could find on the internet was getting the part by Monday (paying $73 for shipping!!).
So I called a local shop - hoping they might have the part, but expecting they probably didn't. He was able to find the part at one of his supply houses, and "the system" said he would have the part in 2 days. His price was a little high at $150 + tax, but that was no worse than the higher prices I had seen on the internet. Plus, there is no shipping charge. So I pulled the trigger on it. If their shipping forecast is correct, I should have the cable tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed that it arrives by Friday.
Once I have the part, my plan is to borrow my buddy's boat lift to get my boat out of the water to do the work. The lift is a front-load, so it will be a little challenging to do the work outside of the hull. I'm thinking of hanging a bucket under the jet so I don't drop a $70 connector in the lake.
Wish me luck!
After we got it tied up, I hopped in to check out what was going on. I expected there to be something dragging on the port side jet. Instead what I found was the steering cable on the starboard jet had broken.
![20200630_110756.jpg 20200630_110756.jpg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/124/124649-372504a514bae6610c479d24cbb81470.jpg?hash=NyUEpRS65m)
So yesterday I got the Teleflex part numbers off the cable and started searching for a replacement. We are at the lake through the weekend, so I really hoped to get a replacement ASAP. The best I could find on the internet was getting the part by Monday (paying $73 for shipping!!).
So I called a local shop - hoping they might have the part, but expecting they probably didn't. He was able to find the part at one of his supply houses, and "the system" said he would have the part in 2 days. His price was a little high at $150 + tax, but that was no worse than the higher prices I had seen on the internet. Plus, there is no shipping charge. So I pulled the trigger on it. If their shipping forecast is correct, I should have the cable tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed that it arrives by Friday.
Once I have the part, my plan is to borrow my buddy's boat lift to get my boat out of the water to do the work. The lift is a front-load, so it will be a little challenging to do the work outside of the hull. I'm thinking of hanging a bucket under the jet so I don't drop a $70 connector in the lake.
Wish me luck!