This is a safety-related notice.
XR owners, examine your steering shaft dual pulley. It consists of a drum (where the cables ride) and a locking collar, a split compression-type fitting that attaches to the drum with 3 hex head screws.
The collar has a 1/4" keyway.
Does yours have a key in it? (run up a thin piece of stiff wire into the keyway to see.)
My cable steering was installed by a previous owner (I am pretty sure it came out of the factory with ride-guide cables, NOT the race-style cables it currently has) and the steering shaft has no keyway OR key!! banghead :furious
IF the collar loosened, I would wind up with a slipping steering wheel on the shaft. Not good!
Curious as to what the rest of you find.
Lou
PS UPDATE: I talked to Darris. There is NO WAY any boat leaves the factory without that key (turns out it is a specially-machined 1/4" key, in the shape of a "T" so the leg of the T fits into a single drilled hole in the steering shaft). Whoever rigged my boat with the race-cable steering, left out this critical component. There is not even a hole drilled in the shaft where the key for the collar is supposed to go. This was a life-threatening mistake and I am SO grateful to God that it was discovered. Without this key, the steering assembly is free to loosen and spin on the shaft. At triple digit speeds, this would not be a good thing.
XR owners, examine your steering shaft dual pulley. It consists of a drum (where the cables ride) and a locking collar, a split compression-type fitting that attaches to the drum with 3 hex head screws.
The collar has a 1/4" keyway.
Does yours have a key in it? (run up a thin piece of stiff wire into the keyway to see.)
My cable steering was installed by a previous owner (I am pretty sure it came out of the factory with ride-guide cables, NOT the race-style cables it currently has) and the steering shaft has no keyway OR key!! banghead :furious
IF the collar loosened, I would wind up with a slipping steering wheel on the shaft. Not good!
Curious as to what the rest of you find.
Lou
PS UPDATE: I talked to Darris. There is NO WAY any boat leaves the factory without that key (turns out it is a specially-machined 1/4" key, in the shape of a "T" so the leg of the T fits into a single drilled hole in the steering shaft). Whoever rigged my boat with the race-cable steering, left out this critical component. There is not even a hole drilled in the shaft where the key for the collar is supposed to go. This was a life-threatening mistake and I am SO grateful to God that it was discovered. Without this key, the steering assembly is free to loosen and spin on the shaft. At triple digit speeds, this would not be a good thing.
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