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Location: 31 | Although it certainly looks better having the cables tied snugly together with the gas and battery cables… all rigged neat and tidy, that can also cause the some kinking when the kicker motor is trimmed up.
Last year I had to replace the control cables again… this has been an almost semi-annual event for the last 10 years, and it was starting to get pretty annoying. So, I decided to just leave the cables loose this time so that they could move freely. Now when I trim the kicker motor up the cables retract into the transom, and it seems to be working better so far. My best guess is this way relieves about 80% of the stress as opposed to the way the factory rigged it.
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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hiya,
Doesn't look all messy either...still nice and tidy...
Good call I think and will save you some money as well.
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Location: 31 | Thanks Steve, I slid the wire harness loom forward to so you could see the damaged cable.
I'm actually surprised others haven't had a similar problem because it's been a large issue in my last two boats, current boat is a 2015 and the ones that I installed last year was already the third set. Yeah...
Actually, only the forward cable is the one that gets damaged, I just replace them both while I'm at it. Perhaps it’s the way Yamaha routes that cable so far forward.
Edited by Jerry Newman 4/13/2020 6:15 PM
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