installing new shifter, Help!
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I have a bit of a problem. I am changing from a single side mounted control to a dual top mounted Livorsi control. I have to fab a box to hold the new controls but it will have to be about 4 inches wide and this causes a problem with my cables. Since my old controls were recessed into the side the cables went straight into the controls. Now the new controls are about 4 to 5 inches off the side and the cables aren't going to make that kind of bend. Do I have to make a whole new side piece to run the length of the cockpit to hide the cables? Or do they have some type of end adapter for this problem?
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try changing to the blue jacketed ultra flex cables. they bend tighter radius's and are a better cable period. you'd be able to come out of the gaffrig unit and maybe bend forward up and then back to the existing location. using a cable say 2 ' longer should do the " TRICK"
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also maybe use color coded spiral wrap to help hide the cables. also tie-wrap the cables together, which helps their operation during tight bends.
thats basically what we did for this gent here, and it worked out well.
good luck.
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also maybe use color coded spiral wrap to help hide the cables. also tie-wrap the cables together, which helps their operation during tight bends.
thats basically what we did for this gent here, and it worked out well.
good luck.
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