2002 Hurricane Steering Cable

[SpatialAnalyst 0]

So, I've never taken my boat to the dealer but I might to change the steering cable. I was talking to the dealer today and they said, "It's only a 2 hour job, we just have to be careful not to rip any wiring harnesses wile pulling the cable out of the gunnel" UMMMMM......I said it's actually under the floor....then all I heard was crickets chirping. He said he'll need to talk to the tech on Monday and call me back. Has anyone changed the cable in and under-deck cable run before? I did some research and read that the best method is to tie a rope to the rudder end of the old cable and pulling the new cable back through.

[bcollins 18]

If your boat is like mine you can remove the center floor section under the snap in carpet. If you do this you'll have direct access to about 75%, if not more, of the cable between the center floor section, under the engine, and up and around the steering wheel. I can't imagine it would be to difficult since you have access to nearly the entire cable but I've never actually done the replacement myself. I did undo the cable from the rudder to check if it swung freely and that was a piece of cake other than getting to it. I'm probably going to try it this winter since the steering is getting stiff. Seems to be fairly straightforward and something I could actually pull off. Just put it in the way it came out right, nothing to it. I've heard the same thing about tying a rope to the end of the cable...makes sense so I would do that even if it doesn't seem necessary given the access to the cable.

[SpatialAnalyst 0]

Unfortunately the floor cannot be removed. The only access under the deck are the two round access points to the fuel tank and ballast.