sierra extreme lower shift cable - know issues? mine broke
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sierra extreme lower shift cable - know issues? mine broke
A few weeks ago I lost the ability to shift into F on my Fountain (Bravo 1, LH rotation prop). I had just installed the Sierra extreme lower cable, and while I thought I adjusted it per the manual (I have the tools) obviously something wasn't right. When I got home I pulled the drive and set up the cable again. This time the barrel nut went to the extreme of it's travel, but once reassembled the drive went into F and R perfectly.
Fast forward to today, I lost forward again and the drive was stuck in reverse. I popped the hatch and disassembled the lower cable to find this:
The crimp didn't hold and the solid portion separated from the stranded portion of the inner cable. Looking back, the first time I lost F, it was because the cable slid in the crimp.
Is this a know issue with these cores?
I'm not sure at this point if I can get a replacement core from Sierra or that I'd trust it. The alternative is going back to the merc cable and replacing both the inner and outer cables.
Ryan
Fast forward to today, I lost forward again and the drive was stuck in reverse. I popped the hatch and disassembled the lower cable to find this:
The crimp didn't hold and the solid portion separated from the stranded portion of the inner cable. Looking back, the first time I lost F, it was because the cable slid in the crimp.
Is this a know issue with these cores?
I'm not sure at this point if I can get a replacement core from Sierra or that I'd trust it. The alternative is going back to the merc cable and replacing both the inner and outer cables.
Ryan