Need help with thrusters

[Viper]

Hans, I don't think that unit is OEM. I wouldn't use it if that's the case. I've replaced a lot of them and the only ones I've ever had issues with have been aftermarket. It's a good example of what to look for though but I'd get the kit that includes the bellows as chances are it'll get wrecked in the process anyway. Having said that, once the drive is off, I'd check everything as you may need a complete bellows/transom assembly job.

[Bradorksy]

Had a mechanic check it out . He play with cables and said the same thing that lower shift cable most likely has to be change . Probably will try to do it next week and see if its getting any better .

[PossiblyPaul]

I hope I'm not complicating the issue but have had reports from Son (who drives) that one of the throttles is impossibly hard to move, and neither actually respond in parallel. Onsite advice from a sage engineer on my pontoon is that grease on the cable isn't enough; there's likely to be a kink in that cable (possibly from a stray bootprint) under the sole, and if a trace of the cable doesn't find and correct it, then a new cable is most likely needed; a thirty-two year old boat is very likely to have bootprints all over it. I'll be doing a trace in the morning, and hopefully find the problem.

I'm told that old cable construction was very different to recent developments, in that it's now far more flexible and resistant to force; previous designs demanded very straight, very inflexible throughput, but now the technology is such that cables such as this can be far more bendy. But no more resistant to boots.

Having two helms doesn't half complicate matters, though. Tch.