How Do You Install A Boat Steering Cable?
Just as an automobile requires the entire steering system to function properly in order to avoid potential deadly accidents, so does the steering system on a boat that’s on the river. Not only should you inspect the steering cable for possible rust every three months or so but you should also inspect the steering system when you feel tightness or hesitation in the wheel. Most problems in the boat’s steering will be due to a failing cable, so don’t put your boating experience on the back burner; installing a boat steering cable requires only a second set of hands. Step 1 Pull up the boat’s floorboard to expose the mufflers, the old steering cable and the driveshaft. Separate the steering cable from the top of the boat’s fiberglass, wood or metal rudder (stem that directs the path of the boat). Follow the old cable path with your eyes and hands until you are well past the ski locker and gasoline tank and remove the other end of the steering cable connected to the hull of the boat. Step 2
