We have a tiller and have noticed the slop in the pins (pintles and gudgeons) so even if your cable were perfect you'd still likely have some play at that point.
Chuck
]]>This thing is vexing me. I've got so much slop - free play in the wheel, and I can't find the place to adjust this setup. It's apparently chain over cable, but there is only one "strut" for lack of a better term, which exits my transom from just starboard of the rudder, and both pushes and pulls the transom-hung rudder from side to side. There is no quadrant like modern systems, just one cable. I've looked at it. I've had more experienced people look at it. Nobody's got a good answer. I actually work at my local boatyard/marina, and this damned setup escapes my service manager.
Of course, I could always just unbolt the pedestal, move the engine controls back to the starboard side of the cockpit, and go back to tiller. From a steering standpoint, that's the simple solution (restoring the engine controls aside). That said, I rather prefer the wheel as does my significant other, so there aren't many options, and I am not exactly excited about the cost involved with installing an entire brand new Edson system for a transom-hung rudder, even if I do get the boatyard employee discount.
Anyone familiar with these obsolete systems that can give me some direction?
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